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THE 
WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

AS RECORDED IN THE NEW 
TESTAMENT 



KING JAMES VERSION 
1611 



NEW YORK 

E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY 

1906 



Copyright, 1906 
By E. P. DuTTON AND Company 






OCT 1 1906 
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r/ie Plimpton Press Norwood Mass- U> S* A. 



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THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

^ ST. MATTHEW 

& 

i Sufter it to be so now: for thus it becometh us 



to fulfil all righteousness. 



It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, 
but by every word that proceedeth out of the 
mouth of God. 

It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the 
Lord thy God. 

Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written. Thou 
shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only 
shalt thou serve. 



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Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. 



Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the 
kingdom of heaven. 

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be 
comforted. 

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the 
earth. 

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst 
after righteousness: for they shall be filled. 

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain 
mercy. 

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see 
God. 

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be 
called the children of God. 



ST. MATTHEW 3 

Blessed are they which are persecuted for right- 
eousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and 
persecute yow, and shall say all manner of evil 
against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be 
exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: 
for so persecuted they the prophets which were 
before you. 

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have 
lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted ? It is 
thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, 
and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the 
light of the world. A city that is set on a 
hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, 
and put it under a bushel, but on a candle- 
stick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the 
house. Let your light so shine before men, that 
they may see your good works, and glorify your 
Father which is in heaven. 

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or 
the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to 



4 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and 
earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise 
pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever 
therefore shall break one of these least command- 
ments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called 
the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever 
shall do and tt2ich them, the same shall be called 
great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto 
you, That except your righteousness shall exceed 
the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye 
shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. 
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old 
time. Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill 
shall be in danger of the judgment: but I say 
unto you. That whosoever is angry with his brother 
without a cause shall be in danger of the judg- 
ment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, 
Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but who- 
soever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of 
hell fire. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the 
altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath 



ST. MATTHEW 5 

aught against thee; leave there thy gift before 
the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to 
thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. 
Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou 
art in the way with him; lest at any time the ad- 
versary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge 
deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into 
prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by 
no means come out thence, till thou hast paid 
the uttermost farthing. 

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old 
time. Thou shalt not commit adultery: but I say 
unto you. That whosoever looketh on a woman 
to lust after her hath committed adultery with 
her already in his heart. And if thy right eye 
offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: 
for it is profitable for thee that one of thy mem- 
bers should perish, and not that thy whole body 
should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand 
offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for 
it is profitable for thee that one of thy members 



6 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

should perish, and not that thy whole body should 
be cast into hell. 

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away 
his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: 
but I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away 
his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth 
her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry 
her that is divorced committeth adultery. 

Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by 
them of old time. Thou shalt not forswear thyself, 
but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: but 
I say unto you. Swear not at all; neither by 
heaven; for it is God's throne: nor by the earth; 
for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it 
is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou 
swear by thy head, because thou canst not make 
one hair white or black. But let your communi- 
cation be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is 
more than these cometh of evil. 

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for 
an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto 



' ST. MATTHEW 7 

you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall 
smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the 
other also. And if any man will sue thee at the 
law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy 
cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to 
, go a mile, go with him twain. Give to him that 
asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of 
thee turn not thou away. 

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt 
love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: but 
I say unto you. Love your enemies, bless them 
that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and 
pray for them which despitefully use you, and per- 
secute you; that ye may be the children of your 
Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun 
to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth 
rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye 
love them which love you, what reward have ye ? 
Do not even the publicans the same ? And if ye 
salute your brethren only, what do ye more than 
others? Do not even the publicans so? Be ye 



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therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in 
heaven is perfect. 

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, 
to be seen of them : otherwise ye have no reward of 
your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when 
thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet 
before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues 
and in the streets, that they may have glory of 
men. Verily I say unto you. They have their jj 
reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy 
left hand know what thy right hand doeth: that 
thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father 
which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee 
openly. 

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the 
hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in 
the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, 
that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto 
you. They have their reward. But thou, when 
thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when 
thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father 



ST. MATTHEW 9 

which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth 
in secret shall reward thee openly. But when 
ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen 
do: for they think that they shall be heard for 
their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like 
unto them: for your Father knoweth what things 
ye have need of, before ye ask him. After this 
manner therefore pray ye: 

Our Father which art in heaven. Hallowed be 
thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be 
done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this 
day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, 
as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into 
temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is 
the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for 
ever. Amen. 

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your 
heavenly Father will also forgive you: but if ye 
forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your 
Father forgive your trespasses. 

Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, 



10 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, 
that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I 
say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, 
when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash 
thy face; that thou appear not unto men to fast, 
but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy 
Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee 
openly. 

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, 
where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where 
thieves break through and steal: but lay up for 
yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth 
nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not 
break through nor steal. For where your treasure 
is, there will your heart be also. 

The light of the body is the eye: if therefore 
thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of 
light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body 
shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light 
that is in thee be darkness, how great is that 
darkness! 



ST. MATTHEW ii 

No man can serve two masters : for either he will 
hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold 
to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve 
God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you. 
Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, 
or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, 
what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than 
meat, and the body than raiment .? Behold the 
fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do 
they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your 
heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much 
better than they .? Which of you by taking 
thought can add one cubit unto his stature .? 
And why take ye thought for raiment ? Consider 
the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, 
neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you. 
That even Solomon in all his glory was not 
arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so 
clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and 
to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much 
more clothe you, O ye of little faith ? Therefore 



12 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

take no thought, saying, What shall we eat ? or. 
What shall we drink ? or. Wherewithal shall we 
be clothed ? (For after all these things do the 
Gentiles seek.) For your heavenly Father knoweth 
that ye have need of all these things. But seek 
ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteous- 
ness; and all these things shall be added unto 
you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: 
for the morrow shall take thought for the things 
of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil 
thereof. 

Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with 
what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and 
with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured 
to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote 
that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not 
the beam that is in thine own eye ? Or how wilt 
thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote 
out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine 
own eye ? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam 
out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see 



ST. MATTHEW 13 

clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's 
eye. 

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither 
cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample 
them under their feet, and turn again and rend 
you. 

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall 
find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for 
every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh 
findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be 
opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if 
his son ask bread, will he give him a stone ? Or 
if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent ? If ye 
then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto 
your children, how much more shall your Father 
which is in heaven give good things to them that 
ask him ? Therefore all things whatsoever ye would 
that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: 
for this is the law and the prophets. 

Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, 
and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, 



14 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

and many there be which go in thereat: because 
strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which 
leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. 

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in 
sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening 
wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do 
men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? 
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; 
but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A 
good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can 
a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree 
that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, 
and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits 
ye shall know them. 

Not every one that saith unto me. Lord, Lord, 
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that 
doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have 
we not prophesied in thy name; and in thy name 
have cast out devils; and in thy name done many 
wonderful works .? And then will I profess unto 



ST. MATTHEW 15 

them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that 
work iniquity. 

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of 
mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise 
man, which built his house upon a rock: and 
the rain descended, and the floods came, and the 
winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell 
not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every 
one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth 
them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, 
which built his house upon the sand: and the 
rain descended, and the floods came, and the 
winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it 
fell: and great was the fall of it. 



I will; be thou clean. 

See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thy- 
self to the priest, and off'er the gift that Moses 
commanded, for a testimony unto them. 



i6 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 
I will come and heal him. 

Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great 
faith, no, not in Israel. And I say unto you, 
That many shall come from the east and west, 
and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and 
Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: but the children 
of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer dark- 
ness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of 
teeth. 

Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be 
it done unto thee. 



The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air 
have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to 
lay his head. 

Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. 



ST. MATTHEW 17 

Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith ? 

Go. 

Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. 

Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? For 
whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven 
thee; or to say. Arise, and walk ? But that ye may 
know that the Son of man hath power on earth 
to forgive sins, . . . Arise, take up thy bed, and 
go unto thine house. 

Follow me. 



They that be whole need not a physician, but 
they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that 



i8 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for 
I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to 
repentance. 



Can the children of the bride-chamber mourn, 
as long as the bridegroom is with them ? But the 
days will come, when the bridegroom shall be 
taken from them, and then shall they fast. No 
man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old gar- 
ment; for that which is put in to fill it up taketh 
from the garment, and the rent is made worse. 
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles : else 
the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and 
the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new 
bottles, and both are preserved. 



Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath 
made thee whole. 



ST. MATTHEW 19 

Give place: for the maid is not dead, but 
sleepeth. 



Believe ye that I am able to do this ? 
According to your faith be it unto you. 
See that no man know it. 



The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers 
are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, 
that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. 



Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into 
any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: but go 
rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 
And as ye go, preach, saying. The kingdom of 
heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the 



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lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye 
have received, freely give. Provide neither gold, 
nor silver, nor brass in your purses; nor script 
for your journey, neither tv^o coats, neither shoes, 
nor yet staves : for the workman is v^orthy of his 
meat. And into whatsoever city or town ye shall 
enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide 
till ye go thence. And when ye come into a house, 
salute it. And if the house be worthy, let your 
peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let 
your peace return to you. And whosoever shall 
not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye 
depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust 
of your feet. Verily I say unto you. It shall be 
more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomor- 
rah in the day of judgment, than for that city. 

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the 
midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, 
and harmless as doves. But beware of men: 
for they will deliver you up to the councils, and 
they will scourge you in their synagogues; 



ST. MATTHEW 21 

and ye shall be brought before governors and 
kings for my sake, for a testimony against them 
and the Gentiles. But when they deliver you 
up, take no thought how^ or what ye shall 
speak: for it shall be given you in that same 
hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that 
speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh 
in you. And the brother shall deliver up the 
brother to death, and the father the child: and the 
children shall rise up against their parents, and 
cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be 
hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that 
endureth to the end shall be saved. But when 
they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: 
for verily I say unto you. Ye shall not have gone 
over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. 
The disciple is not above his master, nor the ser- 
vant above his lord. It is enough for the disciple 
that he be as his master, and the servant as his 
lord. If they have called the master of the house 
Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them 



22 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

of his household! Fear them not therefore: for 
there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; 
and hid, that shall not be know^n. What I tell 
you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and w^hat 
ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the house- 
tops. And fear not them which kill the body, 
but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear 
him v^hich is able to destroy both soul and body 
in hell. Are not tv^o sparrov^s sold for a farthing ? 
And one of them shall not fall on the ground v^ith- 
out your Father. But the very hairs of your head 
are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are 
of more value than many sparrows. 

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before 
men, him will I confess also before my Father 
which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny 
me before men, him will I also deny before my 
Father which is in heaven. Think not that I am 
come to send peace on earth: I came not to send 
peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a 
man at variance against his father, and the 



ST. MATTHEW 23 

daughter against her mother, and the daughter in 
law against her mother in law. And a man's 
foes shall he they of his own household. He that 
loveth father or mother more than me is not 
worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter 
more than me is not worthy of me. And he that 
taketh not his cross, and foUoweth after me, is 
not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall 
lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake 
shall find it. 

He that receiveth you receiveth me; and he that 
receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. He 
that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet 
shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that 
receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous 
man shall receive a righteous man's reward. And 
whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these 
little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of 
a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no 
wise lose his reward. 



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Go and shew John again those things which ye 
do hear and see: the blind receive their sight, and 
the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the 
deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor 
have the gospel preached to them. And blessed 
is he^ whosoever shall not be offended in me. 

What went ye out into the wilderness to see ? 
A reed shaken with the wind ? But what went 
ye out for to see ? A man clothed in soft raiment ? 
Behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' 
houses. But what went ye out for to see ? A 
prophet ? Yea, I say unto you, and more than a 
prophet. For this is he^ of whom it is written. 
Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, 
which shall prepare thy way before thee. Verily 
I say unto you. Among them that are born of 
women there hath not risen a greater than John 
the Baptist: notwithstanding, he that is least in 
the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. And 
from the days of John the Baptist until now the 



ST. MATTHEW 25 

kingdom of heaven sufFereth violence, and the 
violent take It by force. For all the prophets and 
the law prophesied until John. And if ye will 
receive //, this is Elias, which was for to come. 
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

But whereunto shall I liken this generation ? 
It is Hke unto children sitting in the markets, and 
calling unto their fellows, and saying, We have 
piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have 
mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and 
they say. He hath a devil. The Son of man came 
eating and drinking, and they say. Behold, a man 
gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans 
and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her chil- 
dren. 



Woe unto thee, Chorazin! Woe unto thee, Beth- 
saida! For if the mighty works, which were done 



26 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they 
would have repented long ago in sackcloth and 
ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more toler- 
able for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, 
than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art 
exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to 
hell: for if the mighty works, which have been 
done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would 
have remained until this day. But I say unto 
you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land 
of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. 



I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and 
earth, because thou hast hid these things from 
the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them 
unto babes. Even so. Father; for so it seemed 
good in thy sight. All things are delivered unto 
me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, 
but the Father; neither knoweth any man the 



ST. MATTHEW 27 

Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the 
Son will reveal him. 

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy 
laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke 
upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and 
lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your 
souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is 
light. 



Have ye not read what David did, when he was 
a hungered, and they that were with him; how 
he entered into the house of God, and did eat the 
shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, 
neither for them which were with him, but only 
for the priests ? Or have ye not read in the law, 
how that on the sabbath days the priests in the 
temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless .f* 
But I say unto you. That in this place is one 
greater than the temple. But if ye had known 
what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not 



28 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guilt- 
less. For the Son of man is Lord even of the 
sabbath day. 

What man shall there be among you, that shall 
have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sab- 
bath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out ? 
How much then is a man better than a sheep ? 
Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath 
days. 

Stretch forth thine hand. 



Every kingdom divided against itself is brought 
to desolation; and every city or house divided 
against itself shall not stand: and if Satan cast out 
Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall 
then his kingdom stand ? And if I by Beelzebub 
cast out devils, by whom do your children cast 
them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. 



ST. MATTHEW 29 

But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then 
the kingdom of God is come unto you. Or else, 
how can one enter into a strong man's house, and 
spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong 
man ? And then he will spoil his house. He that 
is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth 
not with me scattereth abroad. 

Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin 
and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but 
the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not 
be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh 
a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven 
him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy 
Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this 
world, neither in the world to come. Either make 
the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the 
tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is 
known by his fruit. O generation of vipers, how 
can ye, being evil, speak good things ? For out of 
the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart 



30 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out 
of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men 
shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the 
day of judgment. For by thy w^ords thou shalt 
be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be con- 
demned. 



An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after 
a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but 
the sign of the prophet Jonas: for as Jonas was 
three days and three nights in the whale's belly; 
so shall the Son of man be three days and three 
nights in the heart of the earth. The men of 
Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this genera- 
tion, and shall condemn it: because they repented 
at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater 
than Jonas is here. The queen of the south shall 
rise up in the judgment with this generation, and 



ST. MATTHEW 31 

shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost 
parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; 
and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. 
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he 
walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and 
findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into 
my house from whence I came out; and when he 
is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven 
other spirits more wicked than himself, and they 
enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that 
man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be 
also unto this wicked generation. 



Who is my mother ? And who are my brethren ? 

Behold my mother and my brethren! For 
whosoever shall do the will of my Father which 
is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, 
and mother. 



32 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIS! 

Behold, a sower went forth to sow; and when 
he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the 
fowls came and devoured them up. Some fell upon 
stony places, where they had not much earth: and 
forthwith they sprung up, because they had no 
deepness of earth : and when the sun was up, they 
were scorched; and because they had no root, they 
withered away. And some fell among thorns; 
and the thorns sprung up, and choked them. But 
other fell into good ground, and brought forth 
fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some 
thirtyfold. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

Because it is given unto you to know the mys- 
teries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is 
not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be 
given, and he shall have more abundance: but 
whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away 
even that he hath. Therefore speak I to them in 
parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing 
they hear not, neither do they understand. And 



ST. MATTHEW 33 

in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which 
saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not un- 
derstand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not 
perceive. For this people's heart is waxed gross, 
and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes 
they have closed; lest at any time they should see 
with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should 
understand with their heart, and should be con- 
verted, and I should heal them. But blessed are 
your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they 
hear. For verily I say unto you. That many 
prophets and righteous men have desired to see 
those things which ye see, and have not seen them; 
and to hear those things which ye hear, and have 
not heard them. 

Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower: 
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, 
and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked 
one, and catcheth away that which was sown in 
his heart. This is he which received seed by the 
way side. But he that received the seed into 



34 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, 
and anon with joy receiveth it; yet hath he not 
root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when 
tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the 
word, by and by he is offended. He also that 
received seed among the thorns is he that heareth 
the word; and the care of this world, and the de- 
ceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he 
becometh unfruitful. But he that received seed 
into the good ground is he that heareth the word, 
and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, 
and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some 
sixty, some thirty. 

The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man 
which sowed good seed in his field: but while men 
slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the 
wheat, and went his way. But when the blade 
was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then 
appeared the tares also. So the servants of the 
householder came and said unto him. Sir, didst 



ST. MATTHEW 35 

not thou sow good seed in thy field ? From whence 
then hath it tares ? He saith unto them, An enemy 
hath done this. The servants said unto him, 
Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up ? 
But he said. Nay; lest while ye gather up the 
tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let 
both grow together until the harvest: and in the 
time of harvest I will say to the reapers. Gather 
ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles 
to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. 

The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of 
mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his 
field: which indeed is the least of all seeds: but 
when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, 
and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air 
come and lodge in the branches thereof. 

The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, 
which a woman took, and hid in three measures 
of meal, till the whole was leavened. 



36 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 
the field is the world; the good seed are the chil- 
dren of the kingdom; but the tares are the children 
of the wicked one; the enemy that sowed them is 
the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and 
the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares 
are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be 
in the end of this world. The Son of man shall 
send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of 
his kingdom all things that offend, and them which 
do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of 
fire: there shall be wailing, and gnashing of teeth. 
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in 
the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to 
hear, let him hear. 

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto 
treasure hid in a field; the which when a man 
hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth 
and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that 
field. 

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a 



ST. MATTHEW 37 

merchantman, seeking goodly pearls: who, when 
he had found one pearl of great price, went and 
sold all that he had, and bought it. 

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, 
that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every 
kind: which, when it was full, they drew to shore, 
and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, 
but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end 
of the world: the angels shall come forth, and 
sever the wicked from among the just, and shall 
cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be 
waiHng and gnashing of teeth. 

Have ye understood all these things ? 

Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto 
the kingdom of heaven, is like unto a man that is 
a householder, which bringeth forth out of his 
treasure things new and old. 



38 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 



A prophet is not without honour, save in his 
own country, and in his own house. 



They need not depart; give ye them to eat. 
Bring them hither to me. 

Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. 

Come. 

O thou of Httle faith, wherefore didst thou 
doubt ? 



Why do ye also transgress the commandment of 
God by your tradition ? For God commanded, 
saying. Honour thy father and mother: and, He 



ST. MATTHEW 39 

that curseth father or mother, let him die the 
death. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his 
father or his mother. It is a gift, by whatsoever 
thou mightest be profited by me; and honour not 
his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus 
have ye made the commandment of God of none 
effect by your tradition. Te hypocrites, well did 
Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth 
nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth 
me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. 
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doc- 
trines the commandments of men. 

Hear, and understand: not that which goeth 
into the mouth defileth a man; but that which 
Cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. 

Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath 
not planted, shall be rooted up. Let them alone: 
they be bHnd leaders of the blind. And if the 
blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 



40 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

Are ye also yet without understanding ? Do 
not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth 
in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast 
out into the draught ? But those things which 
proceed out of the mouth come forth from the 
heart; and they defile the man. For out of the 
heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, Bj 
fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 
these are the things which defile a man; but to 
eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. 



I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the 
house of Israel. 

It is not meet to take the children's bread, and 
to cast it to dogs. 

O woman, great is thy faith : be it unto thee even 
as thou wilt. 



ST. MATTHEW 41 

I have compassion on the multitude, because 
they continue with me now three days, and have 
nothing to eat: and I will not send them away 
fasting, lest they faint in the way. 

How many loaves have ye ? 



When it is evening, ye say, It will he fair weather: 
for the sky is red. And in the morning. It will be 
foul weather to-day : for the sky is red and lowering. 
O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the 
sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times ? 
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after 
a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but 
the sign of the prophet Jonas. 



Take heed and beware of the leaven of the 
Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 



42 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

O ye of little faith, why reason ye among your- 
selves, because ye have brought no bread ? Do 
ye not yet understand, neither remember the five 
loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets 
ye took up ? Neither the seven loaves of the four 
thousand, and how many baskets ye took up ? 
How is it that ye do not understand that I spake 
it not to you concerning bread, that ye should 
beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the 
Sadducees ? 



Whom do men say that I, the Son of man, am ? 
But whom say ye that I am ? 



Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and 
blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father 
which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee. 
That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will 



ST. MATTHEW 43 

build my church; and the gates of hell shall not 
prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the 
keys of the kingdom of heaven: and w^hatsoever 
thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; 
and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be 
loosed in heaven. 

Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence 
unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be 
of God, but those that be of men. 



If any man will come after me, let him deny 
himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and 
whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find 
it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain 
the whole world, and lose his own soul ? Or what 
shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? For 
the Son of man shall come in the glory of his 
Father with his angels; and then he shall rev/ard 



44 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

every man according to his works. Verily I say 
unto you, There be some standing here, which 
shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man 
coming in his kingdom. 



Arise, and be not afraid. 

Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man 
be risen again from the dead. 

Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. 
But I say unto you. That Elias is come already, 
and they knew him not, but have done unto him 
whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the 
Son of man suffer of them. 



O faithless and perverse generation, how long 
shall I be with you ? How long shall I suffer you ? 
Bring him hither to me. 



ST. MATTHEW 45 

Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto 
you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, 
ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to 
yonder place; and it shall remove: and nothing 
shall be impossible unto you. Howbeit this kind 
goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. 



The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands 
of men: and they shall kill him, and the third day 
he shall be raised again. 



What thinkest thou, Simon ? Of w^hom do the 
kings of the earth take custom or tribute .? Of their 
own children, or of strangers ? 

Then are the children free. Notwithstanding, 
lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and 
cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh 



46 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou 
shah find a piece of money: that take, and give 
unto them for me and thee. 



Verily I say unto you. Except ye be converted, 
and become as Httle children, ye shall not enter 
into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore 
shall humble himself as this little child, the same 
is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso 
shall receive one such little child in my name 
receiveth me. But whoso shall offend one of 
these little ones which believe in me, it were better 
for him that a millstone were hanged about his 
neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of 
the sea. 

Woe unto the world because of offences! For it 
must needs be that offences come; but woe to that 
man by whom the offence cometh! Wherefore 
if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, 



ST. MATTHEW 47 

and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to 
enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having 
two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting 
fire. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, 
and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter 
into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes 
to be cast into hell fire. Take heed that ye despise 
not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, 
That in heaven their angels do always behold the 
face of my Father which is in heaven. For the 
Son of man is come to save that which was lost. 
How think ye ? If a man have a hundred sheep, 
and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave 
the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, 
and seeketh that which is gone astray ? And if 
so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he 
rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety 
and nine which went not astray. Even so it is 
not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that 
one of these little ones should perish. 

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against 



48 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and 
him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained 
thy brother. But if he will not hear thee^ then take 
with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of 
two or three witnesses every word may be estab- 
lished. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell 
it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the 
church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man 
and a publican. Verily I say unto you. What- 
soever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in 
heaven; and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth 
shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say unto you. 
That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching 
any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for 
them of my Father which is in heaven. For where 
two or three are gathered together in my name, 
there am I in the midst of them. 



ST. MATTHEW 49 

I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, 
Until seventy times seven. 

Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened 
unto a certain king, which would take account of 
his servants. And when he had begun to reckon, 
one was brought unto him, which owed him ten 
thousand talents. But forasmuch as he had not 
to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and 
his wife, and children, and all that he had, and 
payment to be made. The servant therefore fell 
down, and worshipped him, saying. Lord, have 
patience with me, and I will pay thee all. Then 
the lord of that servant was moved with compas- 
sion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. 
But the same servant went out, and found one of 
his fellow servants, which owed him a hundred 
pence; and he laid hands on him, and took him by 
the throat, saying. Pay me that thou owest. And 
his fellow servant fell down at his feet, and be- 
sought him, saying. Have patience with me, and I 
will pay thee all. And he would not: but went 



50 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

and cast him into prison, till he should pay the 
debt. So when his fellow servants saw what was 
done, they were very sorry, and came and told 
unto their lord all that was done. Then his lord, 
after that he had called him, said unto him, O 
thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, 
because thou desiredst me: shouldest not thou also 
have had compassion on thy fellow servant, even 
as I had pity on thee ? And his lord was wroth, 
and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should 
pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall 
my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from 
your hearts forgive not every one his brother their 
trespasses. 



Have ye not read, that he which made them at 
the beginning made them male and female, and 
said, For this cause shall a man leave father and 
mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they 



ST. MATTHEW 51 

twain shall be one flesh ? Wherefore they are no 
more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God 
hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 

Moses because of the hardness of your hearts 
suff*ered you to put away your wives: but from the 
beginning it was not so. And I say unto you, 
Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be 
for fornication, and shall marry another, commit- 
teth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is 
put away doth commit adultery. 

All men cannot receive this saying, save they to 
whom it is given. For there are some eunuchs, 
which were so born from their mother's womb: 
and there are some eunuchs, which were made 
eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have 
made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of 
heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let 
him receive it. 



52 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to 
come unto me; for of such is the kingdom of 
heaven. 



Why callest thou me good ? There is none good 
but one, that zV, God: but if thou wilt enter into 
life, keep the commandments. 

Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not com- 
mit adultery. Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not 
bear false witness. Honour thy father and thy 
mother: and. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as 
thyself. 

If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou 
hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have 
treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. 

Verily I say unto you. That a rich man shall 



ST. MATTHEW 53 

hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And 
again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go 
through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to 
enter into the kingdom of God. 

With men this is impossible; but with God all 
things are possible. 



Verily I say unto you, That ye which have fol- 
lowed me, in the regeneration when the Son of 
man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also 
shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve 
tribes of Israel. And every one that hath for- 
saken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or 
mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my 
name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and 
shall inherit everlasting life. But many that are 
first shall be last; and the last shall be first. 

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man 
that is a householder, which went out early in the 



54 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And 
when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny 
a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he 
went out about the third hour, and saw others 
standing idle in the marketplace, and said unto 
them. Go ye also into the vineyard, and what- 
soever is right I will give you. And they went 
their way. Again he went out about the sixth 
and ninth hour, and did likewise. And about the 
eleventh hour he went out, and found others stand- 
ing idle, and saith unto them. Why stand ye here 
all the day idle ? They say unto him. Because no 
man hath hired us. He saith unto them. Go ye 
also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, 
that shall ye receive. So when even was come, 
the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward. 
Call the labourers, and give them their hire, begin- 
ning from the last unto the first. And when they 
came that were hired about the eleventh hour, 
they received every man a penny. But when the 
first came, they supposed that they should have 



ST. MATTHEW 55 

received more; and they likewise received every 
man a penny. And when they had received 
it, they murmured against the goodman of 
the house, saying, These last have wrought but 
one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, 
which have borne the burden and heat of the day. 
But he answered one of them, and said. Friend, I 
do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me 
for a penny ? Take that thine is, and go thy way: 
I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. Is it 
not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own ? 
Is thine eye evil, because I am good ? So the last 
shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, 
but few chosen. 



Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of 
man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and 
unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to 
death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles to 



56 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the 
third day he shall rise again. 



What wilt thou ? 

Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink 
of the cup that I shall drink of, arid to be baptized 
with the baptism that I am baptized with ? 

Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be bap- 
tized with the baptism that I am baptized with: 
but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not 
mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom 
it is prepared of my Father. 

Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exer- 
cise dominion over them, and they that are great 
exercise authority upon them. But it shall not 
be so among you: but whosoever will be great 
among you, let him be your minister; and who- 



ST. MATTHEW 57 

soever will be chief among you, let him be your 
servant: even as the Son of man came not to be 
ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his 
life a ransom for many. 



What will ye that I shall do unto you ? 



Go into the village over against you, and straight- 
way ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: 
loose therriy and bring them unto me. And if any 
man say aught unto you, ye shall say. The Lord 
hath need of them; and straightway he will send 
them. 



It is written. My house shall be called the house 
of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. 



58 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of 
babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise ? 



Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for 
ever. 

Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and 
doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done 
to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this 
mountain. Be thou removed, and be thou cast into 
the sea; it shall be done. And all things, what- 
soever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall 
receive. 



I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, 
I in likewise will tell you by what authority I do 
these things. The baptism of John, whence was 
it, from heaven, or of men ? 



ST. MATTHEW 59 

Neither tell I you by what authority I do these 
things. 

But what think ye ? A certain man had two 
sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go 
work to-day in my vineyard. He answered and 
said, I will not; but afterward he repented, and 
went. And he came to the second, and said like- 
wise. And he answered and said, I go^ sir; and 
went not. Whether of them twain did the will of 
his father ? 

Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and 
the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. 
For John came unto you in the way of righteous- 
ness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans 
and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had 
seen zV, repented not afterward, that ye might 
believe him. 

Hear another parable: There was a certain 
householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged 
it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and 



6o THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and 
went into a far country: and when the time of the 
fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the hus- 
bandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. 
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat 
one, and killed another, and stoned another. 
Again, he sent other servants more than the first: 
and they did unto them likewise. But last of all 
he sent unto them his son, saying. They will rever- 
ence my son. But when the husbandmen saw the 
son, they said among themselves. This is the heir; 
come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his in- 
heritance. And they caught him, and cast him 
out of the vineyard, and slew him. When the 
lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will 
he do unto those husbandmen ? 



Did ye never read in the Scriptures, The stone 
which the builders rejected, the same is become 
the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, 



ST. MATTHEW 6i 

and It IS marvellous In our eyes ? Therefore say 
I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken 
from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the 
fruits thereof. And whosoever shall fall on this 
stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall 
fall, it will grind him to powder. 

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain 
king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent 
forth his servants to call them that were bidden to 
the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he 
sent forth other servants, saying. Tell them which 
are bidden. Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my 
oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are 
ready: come unto the marriage. But they made 
light of zV, and went their ways, one to his farm, an- 
other to his merchandise: and the remnant took his 
servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew 
them. But when the king heard thereof^ he was 
wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed 
those murderers, and burned up their city. Then 
saith he to his servants. The wedding is ready, but 



62 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

they which were bidden were not worthy. Go 
ye therefore into the highways, and as many as 
ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those ser- 
vants went out into the highways, and gathered 
together all as many as they found, both bad and 
good; and the wedding was furnished with guests. 
And when the king came in to see the guests, he 
saw there a man which had not on a wedding 
garment: and he saith unto him. Friend, how 
camest thou in hither not having a wedding gar- 
ment ? And he was speechless. Then said the 
king to the servants. Bind him hand and foot, and 
take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; 
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 
For many are called, but few are chosen. 



Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites ? Shew me 
the tribute money. 

Whose is this image and superscription ? 



ST. MATTHEW 63 

Render therefore unto Cesar the things which 
are Cesar's; and unto God the things that are 
God's. 



Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the 
power of God. For in the resurrection they 
neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are 
as the angels of God in heaven. But as touching 
the resurection of the dead, have ye not read that 
which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am 
the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and 
the God of Jacob ? God is not the God of the 
dead, but of the Hving. 



Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 
This is the first and great commandment. And 



64 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy 
neighbour as thyself. On these two command- 
ments hang all the law and the prophets. j|{ 



What think ye of Christ ? Whose son is he ? 

How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, 
saying. The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on 
my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy foot- 
stool ? If David then call him Lord, how is he 
his son ? 



The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 
all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, 
that observe and do; but do not ye after their 
works: for they say, and do not. For they bind 
heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay 
them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will 



ST. MATTHEW 65 

not move them with one of their fingers. But all 
their works they do for to be seen of men: they 
make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the 
borders of their garments, and love the uppermost 
rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the syna- 
gogues, and greetings in the markets, and to be 
called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. But be not ye called 
Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and 
all ye are brethren. And call no man your father 
upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is 
in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one 
is your Master, even Christ. But he that is greatest 
among you shall be your servant. And whoso- 
ever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he 
that shall humble himself shall be exalted. 

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hyp- 
ocrites! For ye shut up the kingdom of heaven 
against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither 
suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe 
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For 
ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence 



66 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the 
greater damnation. Woe unto you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites ! For ye compass sea and land 
to make one proselyte; and when he is made, ye 
make him twofold more the child of hell than 
yourselves. Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which 
say. Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is 
nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold 
of the temple, he is a debtor! Ye fools and blind: 
for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that 
sanctifieth the gold ? And, Whosoever shall swear 
by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth 
by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. Ye fools 
and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the 
altar that sanctifieth the gift ? Whoso therefore 
shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all 
things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the 
temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth 
therein. And he that shall swear by heaven, 
sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that 
sitteth thereon. Woe unto you, scribes and 



ST. MATTHEW 67 

Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye pay tithe of mint 
and anise and cummin, and have omitted the 
weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, 
and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to 
leave the other undone. Te blind guides, which 
strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Woe unto 
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye 
make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, 
but within they are full of extortion and excess. 
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is 
within the cup and platter, that the outside of 
them may be clean also. Woe unto you, scribes 
and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye are like unto 
whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful 
outward, but are within full of dead mens bones, 
and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also out- 
wardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye 
are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe unto 
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because 
ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish 
the sepulchres of the righteous, and say. If we had 



68 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

been in the days of our fathers, we would not have 
been partakers with them in the blood of the 
prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto your- 
selves, that ye are the children of them which 
killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure 
of your fathers. Te serpents, ye generation of 
vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell ? 
Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, 
and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye 
shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye 
scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them 
from city to city: that upon you may come all the 
righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the 
blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zach- 
arias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the 
temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you. All 
these things shall come upon this generation. O 
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the proph- 
ets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, 
how often would I have gathered thy children 
together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens 



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ST. MATTHEW 69 

under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, 
your house Is left unto you desolate. For I say 
unto you. Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye 
shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name 
of the Lord. 



See ye not all these things ? Verily I say unto 
you. There shall not be left here one stone upon 
another, that shall not be thrown down. 



Take heed that no man deceive you. For many 
shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and 
shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars 
and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: 
for all these things must come to pass, but the end 
is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, 
and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall 
be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in 



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divers places. AH these are the beginning of 
sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be 
afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated 
of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall 
many be offended, and shall betray one another, 
and shall hate one another. And many false 
prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And 
because iniquity shall abound, the love of many 
shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto 
the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel 
of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world 
for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the 
end come. When ye therefore shall see the abom- 
ination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the 
prophet, stand in the holy place, then let them 
which be in Judea flee into the mountains: let 
him which is on the housetop not come down to 
take any thing out of his house: neither let him 
which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 
And woe unto them that are with child, and to 
them that give suck in those days! But pray ye 



ST. MATTHEW 71 

that your flight be not in the winter, neither on 
the sabbath day: for then shall be great tribula- 
tion, such as was not since the beginning of the 
world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And 
except those days should be shortened, there 
should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake 
those days shall be shortened. Then if any man 
shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; 
believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, 
and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and 
wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they 
shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told 
you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you. 
Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, 
he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For 
as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth 
even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the 
Son of man be. For wheresoever the carcass is, 
there will the eagles be gathered together. 

Immediately after the tribulation of those days 
shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not 



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give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, 
and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. 
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man 
in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth 
mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming 
in the clouds of heaven v^ith power and great glory. 
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of 
a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect 
from the four winds, from one end of heaven to 
the other. Now learn a parable of the fig tree; 
when his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth 
leaves, ye know that summer is nigh. So likewise 
ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that 
it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto 
you. This generation shall not pass, till all these 
things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass 
away, but my words shall not pass away. 

But of that day and hour knoweth no matiy no, 
not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the 
coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days 



ST. MATTHEW 73 

that were before the flood they were eating and 
drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until 
the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew 
not until the flood came, and took them all away; 
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 
Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be 
taken, and the other left. Two women shall be 
grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and 
the other left. 

Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour 
your Lord doth come. But know this, that if 
the goodman of the house had known in what 
watch the thief would come, he would have 
watched, and would not have suff^ered his house 
to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: 
for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man 
Cometh. Who then is a faithful and wise servant, 
whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, 
to give them meat in due season .? Blessed is that 
servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find 
so doing. Verily I say unto you, That he shall 



74 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

make him ruler over all his goods. But and if 
that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord 
delayeth his coming; and shall begin to smite his 
fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the 
drunken; the lord of that servant shall come in a 
day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour 
that he is not aware of, and shall cut him asunder, 
and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: 
there shall he weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened 
unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went 
forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them 
were wise, and five were foolish. They that were 
foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with 
them: but the wise took oil in their vessels with 
their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they 
all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there 
was a cry made. Behold, the bridegroom cometh; 
go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins 
arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish 
said unto the wise. Give us of your oil; for our 



ST. MATTHEW 75 

lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, say- 
ing, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and 
you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy 
for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the 
bridegroom came; and they that were ready went 
in with him to the marriage: and the door was 
shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, say- 
ing, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered 
and said. Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 
Watch therefore; for ye know neither the day nor 
the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. 

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling 
into a far country, who called his own servants, 
and delivered unto them his goods. And unto 
one he gave five talents, to another two, and to 
another one; to every man according to his several 
ability; and straightway took his journey. Then 
he that had received the five talents went and 
traded with the same, and made them other five 
talents. And likewise he that had received two, 
he also gained other two. But he that had re- 



76 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

ceived one went and digged in the earth, and hid 
his lord's money. After a long time the lord of 
those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 
And so he that had received five talents came and 
brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou de- 
liveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have 
gained beside them five talents more. His lord 
said unto him. Well done, thou good and faithful 
servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, 
I will make thee ruler over many things: enter 
thou into the joy of thy lord. He also that had 
received two talents came and said, Lord, thou 
deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have 
gained two other talents beside them. His lord 
said unto him. Well done, good and faithful ser- 
vant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I 
will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou 
into the joy of thy lord. Then he which had 
received the one talent came and said. Lord, I 
knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where 
thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou 



ST. MATTHEW 77 

hast not strewed: and I was afraid, and went and 
hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that 
is thine. His lord answered and said unto him, 
Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest 
that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where 
I have not strewed: thou oughtest therefore to 
have put my money to the exchangers, and then 
at my coming I should have received mine own 
with usury. Take therefore the talent from him, 
and give it unto him which hath ten talents. For 
unto every one that hath shall be given, and he 
shall have abundance: but from him that hath not 
shall be taken away even that which he hath. 
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer 
darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing 
of teeth. 

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, 
and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit 
upon the throne of his glory: and before him shall 
be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them 
one from another, as a shepherd divideth his 



78 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

sheep from the goats: and he shall set the sheep 
on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then 
shall the King say unto them on his right hand, 
Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the king- 
dom prepared for you from the foundation of the 
world: for I was a hungered, and ye gave me 
meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was 
a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye 
clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was 
in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the 
righteous answer him, saying. Lord, when saw 
we thee a hungered, and fed thee; or thirsty, and 
gave thee drink ? When saw we thee a stranger, 
and took thee in; or naked, and clothed thee? Or 
when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came 
unto thee ? And the King shall answer and say 
unto them. Verily I say unto you. Inasmuch as ye 
have done it unto one of the least of these my 
brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall 
he say also unto them on the left hand. Depart 
from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared 



ST. MATTHEW 79 

for the devil and his angels : for I was a hungered, 
and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave 
me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not 
in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in 
prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they 
also answer him, saying. Lord, when saw we thee 
a hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or 
sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee ? 
Then shall he answer them, saying. Verily I say 
unto you. Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the 
least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall 
go away into everlasting punishment: but the 
righteous into life eternal. 



Ye know that after two days is the feast of the 
passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be 
crucified. 



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Why trouble ye the woman ? For she hath 
wrought a good work upon me. For ye have 
the poor always with you; but me ye have not 
always. For in that she hath poured this oint- 
ment on my body, she did it for my burial. 
Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel 
shall be preached in the whole world, there shall 
also this, that this woman hath done, be told for 
a memorial of her. 



Go into the city to such a man, and say unto 
him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will 
keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. 



Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall 
betray me. 

He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, 
the same shall betray me. The Son of man goeth 



ST. MATTHEW 8i 

as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by 
whom the Son of man is betrayed! It had been 
good for that man if he had not been born. 



Thou hast said. 



Take, eat; this is my body. 

Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the new 
testament, which is shed for many for the remis- 
sion of sins. But I say unto you, I will not drink 
henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day 
when I drink it new with you in my Father's king- 
dom. 



All ye shall be offended because of me this night: 
for it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the 
sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. But 



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after I am risen again, I will go before you into 
Galilee. 



Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before 
the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. 



Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 

My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death : 
tarry ye here, and watch with me. 

O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass 
from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou 

wilt. 

What, could ye not watch with me one hour? 
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: 
the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 






ST. MATTHEW 83 

O my Father, if this cup may not pass away 
from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. 

Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the 
hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed 
into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going: 
behold, he is at hand that doth betray me. 



Friend, wherefore art thou come ? 

Put up again thy sword into his place: for all 
they that take the sword shall perish with the 
sword. Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray 
to my Father, and he shall presently give me more 
than twelve legions of angels ? But how then 
shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must 
be.? 

Are ye come out as against a thief with swords 
and staves for to take me .? I sat daily with you 



84 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on 
me. 



Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, 
Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on 
the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds 
of heaven. 

Thou sayest. 

Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani ? 

All hail. 

Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go 
into Galilee, and there shall they see me. 



ST. MATTHEW 85 

All power IS given unto me In heaven and in 
earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, 
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of 
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them 
to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded 
you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the 
end of the world. 



ST. MARK 

The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God 
is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 



Come ye after me, and I will make you to be- 
come fishers of men. 



Hold thy peace, and come out of him. 



Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach 
there also: for therefore came I forth. 



I will; be thou clean. 

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ST. MARK 87 

See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy 
way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy 
cleansing those things which Moses commanded, 
for a testimony unto them. 



Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. 

Why reason ye these things in your hearts ? 
Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy. 
Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and 
take up thy bed, and walk ? But that ye may 
know that the Son of man hath power on earth to 
forgive sins ... I say unto thee. Arise, and take 
up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. 



Follow me. 



They that are whole have no need of the physi- 



88 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

cian, but they that are sick: I came not to call the 
righteous, but sinners to repentance. 



Can the children of the bridechamber fast, 
while the bridegroom is with them ? As long as 
they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot 
fast. But the days will come when the bridegroom 
shall be taken away from them, and then shall 
they fast in those days. No man also seweth a 
piece of new cloth on an old garment; else the new 
piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, 
and the rent is made worse. And no man putteth 
new wine into old bottles; else the new wine doth 
burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the 
bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put 
into new bottles. 



Have ye never read what David did, when he 
had need, and was a hungered, he, and they that 



ST. MARK 89 

were with him ? How he went into the house of 
God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and 
did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat 
but for the priests, and gave also to them which 
were with him ? 



The sabbath was made for man, and not man 
for the sabbath: therefore the Son of man is Lord 
also of the sabbath. 

Stand forth. 

Is It lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or 
to do evil ? To save life, or to kill ? 

Stretch forth thine hand. 



How can Satan cast out Satan ? And if a king- 
dom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot 



90 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

stand. And if a house be divided against itself, 
that house cannot stand. And if Satan rise up 
against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, 
but hath an end. No man can enter into a strong 
man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will 
first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil 
his house. Verily I say unto you. All sins shall be 
forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies 
wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: but he 
that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath 
never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal dam- 
nation. 



Who is my mother, or my brethren ? 

Behold my mother and my brethren! For 
whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is 
my brother, and my sister, and mother. 



ST. MARK 91 

Hearken: behold, there went out a sower to sow. 
And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the 
way side, and the fowls of the air came and de- 
voured it up. And some fell on stony ground, 
where it had not much earth; and immediately it 
sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: but 
when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because 
it had no root, it withered away. And some fell 
among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked 
it, and it yielded no fruit. And other fell on good 
ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and 
increased, and brought forth, some thirty, and 
some sixty, and some a hundred. 

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the 
kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, 
all these things are done in parables: that seeing 
they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they 
may hear, and not understand; lest at any time 



92 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

they should be converted, and their sins should be 
forgiven them. 



Know ye not this parable ? And how then will 
ye know all parables ? The sower soweth the 
word. And these are they by the way side, where 
the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan 
cometh immediately, and taketh away the word 
that was sown in their hearts. And these are they 
likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, 
when they have heard the word, immediately 
receive it with gladness; and have no root in them- 
selves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, 
when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's 
sake, immediately they are offended. And these 
are they which are sown among thorns; such as 
hear the word, and the cares of this world, and the 
deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things 
entering in, choke the word, and it becometh un- 
fruitful. And these are they which are sown on 



ST. MARK 93 

good ground; such as hear the word, and receive 
//, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some 
sixty, and some a hundred. 



Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, 
or under a bed, and not to be set on a candle- 
stick ? For there is nothing hid, which shall not 
be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, 
but that it should come abroad. If any man 
have ears to hear, let him hear. 

Take heed what ye hear. With what measure 
ye mete, it shall be measured to you; and unto you 
that hear shall more be given. For he that hath, 
to him shall be given; and he that hath not, from 
him shall be taken even that which he hath. 

So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should 
cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and 
rise night and day, and the seed should spring and 



94 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth 
bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then 
the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But 
when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he 
putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. 

Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God ? 
Or with what comparison shall we compare it ? 
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when 
it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that 
be in the earth: but when it is sown, it groweth 
up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and 
shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of 
the air may lodge under the shadow of it. 



Let us pass over unto the other side. 
Peace, be still. 



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ST. MARK 95 

Why are ye so fearful ? How is it that ye have 
no faith ? 



Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. 

What is thy name ? 

Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great 
things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had 
compassion on thee. 

Who touched my clothes ? 

Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go 
in peace, and be whole of thy plague. 

Be not afraid, only believe. 



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Why make ye this ado, and weep ? The damsel 
is not dead, but sleepeth. 

Talitha cumi. 



A prophet is not without honour, but in his own 
country, and among his own kin, and in his own 
house. 



In what place soever ye enter into a house, there 
abide till ye depart from that place. And who- 
soever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when 
ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your 
feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say 
unto you. It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and 
Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that 
city. 



ST. MARK 97 

Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, 
and rest a while. 



Give ye them to eat. 

How many loaves have ye ? Go and see. 

Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. 



Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, 
as it is written, This people honoureth me with 
their lips, but their heart is far from me. Howbeit 
in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines 
the commandments of men. For laying aside the 
commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of 
men, as the washing of pots and cups; and many 
other such like things ye do. 



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Full well ye reject the commandment of God, 
that ye may keep your own tradition. For Moses 
said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, 
Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the 
death: but ye say, If a man shall say to his father 
or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by 
whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he 
shall be free. And ye suffer him no more to do 
aught for his father or his mother; making the 
word of God of none effect through your tradition, 
which ye have delivered: and many such like 
things do ye. 



Hearken unto me every one of you, and under- 
stand: there is nothing from without a man, that 
entering into him can defile him: but the things 
which come out of him, those are they that defile 
the man. If any man have ears to hear, let him 
hear. 



ST. MARK 99 

Are ye so without understanding also ? Do ye 
not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without 
entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; be- 
cause it entereth not into his heart, but into the 
belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging 
all meats ? 

That which cometh out of the man, that de- 
fileth the man. For from within, out of the heart 
of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornica- 
tions, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, 
deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, 
pride, foolishness: all these evil things come from 
within, and defile the man. 



Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet 
to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto 
the dogs. 

tore 



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For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out 
of thy daughter. 



Ephphatha. 



I have compassion on the multitude, because ] 
they have now been with me three days, and have 
nothing to eat: and if I send them away fasting 
to their own houses, they will faint by the way. 



How many loaves have ye ? 



Why doth this generation seek after a sign ? 
Verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given 
unto this generation. 



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ST. MARK loi 

Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Phari- 
sees, and of the leaven of Herod. 

Why reason ye, because ye have no bread ? Per- 
ceive ye not yet, neither understand ? Have ye your 
heart yet hardened ? Having eyes, see ye not ? 
And having ears, hear ye not ? And do ye not re- 
member? When I brake the five loaves among 
five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments 
took ye up ? 

And when the seven among four thousand, how 
many baskets full of fragments took ye up ? 

How is it that ye do not understand ? 

Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the 
town. 



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Whom do men say that I am ? 

But whom say ye that I am ? 



The Son of man must suffer many things, and 
be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, 
and scribes, and be killed, and after three days 
rise again. 



Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest 
not the things that be of God, but the things that 
be of men. 



Whosoever will come after me, let him deny him- 
self, and take up his cross, and follow me. For 
whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but who- 
soever shall lose his life for my sake and the gos- 



ST. MARK 103 

pel's, the same shall save It. For what shall it 
profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and 
lose his own soul ? Or what shall a man give in 
exchange for his soul ? Whosoever therefore shall 
be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adul- 
terous and sinful generation, of him also shall the 
Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the 
glory of his Father with the holy angels. 



Verily I say unto you. That there be some of 
them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, 
till they have seen the kingdom of God come with 
power. 



Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; 
and how it is written of the Son of man, that he 
must suffer many things, and be set at nought. 
But I say unto you. That Elias is indeed come, 



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and they have done unto him whatsoever they 
listed, as it is w^ritten of him. 



What question ye with them ? 

O faithless generation, how long shall I be with 
you ? How long shall I suffer you ? Bring him 
unto me. 

How long is it ago since this came unto him ? 

If thou canst believe, all things are possible to 
him that believeth. 

Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come 
out of him, and enter no more into him. 

This kind can come forth by nothing, but by 
prayer and fasting. 



ST. MARK 105 

The Son of man is delivered into the hands of 
men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is 
killed, he shall rise the third day. 



What was it that ye disputed among yourselves 
by the way ? 

If any man desire to be first, the same shall be 
last of all, and servant of all. 



Whosoever shall receive one of such children in 
my name, receiveth me; and whosoever shall re- 
ceive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent 
me. 



Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall 
do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak 
evil of me. For he that is not against us is on our 



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part. For whosoever shall give you a cup of water 
to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, 
verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. 
And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones 
that believe in me, it is better for him that a mill- 
stone were hanged about his neck, and he were 
cast into the sea. And if thy hand oflFend thee, 
cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life 
maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, 
into the fire that never shall be quenched: where 
their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 
And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better 
for thee to enter halt into life, than having two 
feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall 
be quenched: where their worm dieth not, and 
the fire is not quenched. And if thine eye offend 
thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into 
the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two 
eyes to be cast into hell fire: where their worm | 
dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. For every 
one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice 



ST. MARK 107 

shall be salted with salt. Salt is good: but if the 
salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season 
it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one 
with another. 



What did Moses command you ? 

For the hardness of your heart he wrote you 
this precept. But from the beginning of the crea- 
tion God made them male and female. For this 
cause shall a man leave his father and mother, 
and cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be one 
flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. 
What therefore God hath joined together, let not 
man put asunder. 

Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry 
another, committeth adultery against her. And 



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if a woman shall put away her husband, and be 
married to another, she committeth adultery. 



SufFer the little children to come unto me, and 
forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God. 
Verily I say unto you. Whosoever shall not receive 
the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not 
enter therein. 



Why callest thou me good ? There is none good 
but one, that is, God. Thou knowest the com- 
mandments. Do not commit adultery, Do not kill. 
Do not steal. Do not bear false witness, Defraud 
not, Honour thy father and mother. 



One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell what- 
soever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou 



ST. MARK 109 

shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up 
the cross, and follow me. 

How hardly shall they that have riches enter 
into the kingdom of God! 

Children, how hard is it for them that trust in 
riches to enter into the kingdom of God! It is 
easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, 
than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of 
God. 

With men it is impossible, but not with God: 
for with God all things are possible. 



Verily I say unto you. There is no man that hath 
left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or 
mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, 
and the gospel's, but he shall receive a hundred- 
fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and 



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sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with 
persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. 
But many that are first shall be last; and the last 
first. 



Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of 
man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and 
unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to 
death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles: and 
they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and 
shall spit upon him, and shall kill him; and the 
third day he shall rise again. 



What would ye that I should do for you ? 

Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the 
cup that I drink of, and be baptized with the bap- 
tism that I am baptized with ? 



ST. MARK III 

Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; 
and with the baptism that I am baptized withal 
shall ye be baptized: but to sit on my right hand 
and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall 
be given to them for whom it is prepared. 

Ye know that they which are accounted to rule 
over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and 
their great ones exercise authority upon them. 
But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever 
will be great among you shall be your minister: 
And whosoever of you will be the chiefest shall be 
servant of all. For even the Son of man came not 
to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give 
his life a ransom for many. 



What wilt thou that I should do unto thee ? 
Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. 



112 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

Go your way into the village over against you: 
and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find 
a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and 
bring him. And if any man say unto you. Why 
do ye this ? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; 
and straightway he will send him hither. 



No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. 



Is it not written. My house shall be called of all 
nations the house of prayer ? But ye have made 
it a den of thieves. 



Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, 
That whosoever shall say unto this mountain. Be 
thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and 
shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that 



ST. MARK 113 

those things which he saith shall come to pass; he 
shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say 
unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye 
pray, believe that ye receive therriy and ye shall 
have them. And when ye stand praying, forgive, 
if ye have aught against any; that your Father also 
which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. 
But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father 
which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. 



I will also ask of you one question, and answer 
me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these 
things. The baptism of John, was it from heaven, 
or of men ? Answer me. 

Neither do I tell you by what authority I do 
these things. 



114 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a 
hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, 
and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, 
and went into a far country. And at the season 
he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he 
might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit 
of the vineyard. And they caught him, and beat 
him, and sent him away empty. And again he 
sent unto them another servant; and at him they 
cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and 
sent him away shamefully handled. And again he 
sent another; and him they killed, and many 
others; beating some, and killing some. Having 
yet therefore one son, his well beloved, he sent him 
also last unto them, saying, They will reverence 
my son. But those husbandmen said among 
themselves. This is the heir; come, let us kill him, 
and the inheritance shall be ours. And they took 
him, and killed him, and cast him out of the 
vineyard. What shall therefore the lord of the 
vineyard do ? He will come and destroy the hus- 



ST. MARK 115 

bandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. 
And have ye not read this Scripture; The stone 
which the builders rejected is become the head of 
the corner: this was the Lord's doing, and it is 
marvellous in our eyes ? 



Why tempt ye me ? Bring me a penny, that I 

may see it. 

Whose is this image and superscription? 

Render to Cesar the things that are Cesar^s, and 
to God the things that are God's. 



Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not 
the Scriptures, neither the power of God ? For 
when they shall rise from the dead, they neither 
marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the 



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angels which are In heaven. And as touching the 
dead, that they rise; have ye not read In the book 
of Moses, how In the bush God spake unto him, 
saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God 
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? He Is not the 
God of the dead, but the God of the Uving: ye 
therefore do greatly err. 



The first of all the commandments zV, Hear, O 
Israel; The Lord our God Is one Lord: and thou 
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, 
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and 
with all thy strength: this is the first command- 
ment. And the second is like, namely this. Thou 
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none 
other commandment greater than these. 

Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. 



ST. MARK 117 

How say the scribes that Christ is the son of 
David ? For David himself said by the Holy 
Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on 
my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy foot- 
stool. David therefore himself calleth him Lord; 
and whence is he then his son ? 



Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long 
clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, 
and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the 
uppermost rooms at feasts: which devour widows' 
houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: 
these shall receive greater damnation. 



Verily I say unto you. That this poor widow 
hath cast more in, than all they which have cast 
into the treasury: for all they did cast in of their 
abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that 
she had, even all her living. 



ii8 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

Seest thou these great buildings ? There shall 
not be left one stone upon another, that shall 
not be thrown down. 

Take heed lest any man deceive you: for many 
shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and 
shall deceive many. And when ye shall hear of 
wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for 
such things must needs be; but the end shall not 
be yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and 
kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be 
earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be 
famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of 
sorrows. But take heed to yourselves: for they 
shall deliver you up to councils; and in the syna- 
gogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought 
before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony 
against them. And the gospel must first be pub- 
lished among all nations. But when they shall 
lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought be- 
forehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye pre- 



ST. MARK 119 

meditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in 
that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, 
but the Holy Ghost. Nov7 the brother shall be- 
tray the brother to death, and the father the son; 
and children shall rise up against their parents, 
and shall cause them to be put to death. And ye 
shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but 
he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall 
be saved. 

But when ye shall see the abomination of deso- 
lation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing 
where it ought not, . . . then let them that be in 
Judea flee to the mountains: and let him that is 
on the housetop not go down into the house, neither 
enter therein^ to take anything out of his house: 
and let him that is in the field not turn back again 
for to take up his garment. But woe to them that 
are with child, and to them that give suck in those 
days! And pray ye that your flight be not in the 
winter. For in those days shall be affliction, such 
as was not from the beginning of the creation which 



120 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

God created unto this time, neither shall be. And 
except that the Lord had shortened those days, 
no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, 
whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. 
And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is 
Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: for 
false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and 
shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if // were 
possible, even the elect. But take ye heed: be- 
hold, I have foretold you all things. 

But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun 
shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her 
light, and the stars of heaven shall fall, and the 
powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. And 
then shall they see the Son of man coming in the 
clouds with great power and glory. And then 
shall he send his angels, and shall gather together 
his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost 
part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. 
Now learn a parable of the fig tree: when her 
branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye 



ST. MARK 121 

know that summer is near. So ye in like manner, 
when ye shall see these things come to pass, know 
that it is nigh, even at the doors. Verily I say 
unto you, That this generation shall not pass, till 
all these things be done. Heaven and earth shall 
pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 

But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, 
no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither 
the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch 
and pray: for ye know not when the time is. For 
the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, 
who left his house, and gave authority to his ser- 
vants, and to every man his work, and commanded 
the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore: for ye 
know not when the master of the house cometh, 
at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or 
in the morning: lest coming suddenly he find you 
sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto 
all. Watch. 



122 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

Let her alone; why trouble ye her ? She hath 
wrought a good work on me. For ye have the 
poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye 
may do them good: but me ye have not always. 
She hath done what she could: she is come afore- 
hand to anoint my body to the burying. Verily 
I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be 
preached thoughout the whole world, this also 
that she hath done shall be spoken of for a 
memorial of her. 



Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a 
man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. And 
wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman 
of the house. The Master saith. Where is the 
guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with 
my disciples ? And he will shew you a large upper 
room furnished and prepared: there make ready 
for us. 



ST. MARK 123 

Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth 
with me shall betray me. 

// is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in 
the dish. The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is 
written of him: but woe to that man by whom the 
Son of man is betrayed! Good were it for that 
man if he had never been born. 



Take, eat; this is my body. 

This is my blood of the new testament, which 
is shed for many. Verily I say unto you, I will 
drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that 
day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. 



All ye shall be offended because of me this night: 
for it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the 



124 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

sheep shall be scattered. But after that I am 
risen, I will go before you into Galilee. 



Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in 
this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt 
deny me thrice. 



Sit ye here, while I shall pray. 

My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: 
tarry ye here, and watch. 

Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; 
take away this cup from me : nevertheless, not what 
I will, but what thou wilt. 



Simon, sleepest thou ? Couldest not thou watch 
one hour ? Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into 



ST. MARK 125 

temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the 
flesh is weak. 



Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, 
the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is be- 
trayed into the hands of sinners. Rise up, let us 
go; lo, he that betray eth me is at hand. 



Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords 
and with staves to take me ? I was daily with you 
in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but 
the Scriptures must be fulfilled. 



I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on 
the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds 
of heaven. 



Thou sayest it. 



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Eloi, Elol, lama sabachthani ? 



Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel 
to every creature. He that believeth and is bap- 
tized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall 
be damned. And these signs shall follow them 
that believe: In my name shall they cast out devils; 
they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take 
up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, 
it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the 
sick, and they shall recover. 



ST. LUKE 

How Is it that ye sought me ? Wist ye not that I 
must be about my Father's business ? 



It is written, That man shall not live by bread 
alone, but by every word of God. 

Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written. 
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him 
only shalt thou serve. 

It is said. Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy 
God. 



This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears. 
127 



128 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physi- 
cian, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done 
in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. . . . 

Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in 
his own country. But I tell you of a truth, many 
widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when 
the heaven was shut up three years and six months, 
when great famine was throughout all the land; 
but unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto 
Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was 
a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the 
time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was 
cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. 



Hold thy peace, and come out of him. 



I must preach the kingdom of God to other 
cities also: for therefore am I sent. 



ST. LUKE 129 

Launch out into the deep, and let down your 
nets for a draught. 

Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch 
men. 



I will: be thou clean. 

Tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the 
priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as 
Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 



Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. 

What reason ye in your hearts ? Whether is 
easier, to say. Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say. 
Rise up and walk ? But that ye may know that 
the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive 



130 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

sins, ... I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy 
couch, and go into thine house. 



Follow me. 



They that are whole need not a physician; but 
they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, 
but sinners to repentance. 

Can ye make the children of the bridechamber 
fast, while the bridegroom is with them ? But the 
days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken 
away from them, and then shall they fast in those 
days. . . . No man putteth a piece of a new gar- 
ment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new 
maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of 
the new agreeth not with the old. And no man 
putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new 
wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the 



ST. LUKE 131 

bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put 
into new bottles; and both are preserved. No 
man also having drunk old wine straightway de- 
sireth new; for he saith, The old is better. 



Have ye not read so much as this, what David 
did, when himself was a hungered, and they which 
were with him; how he went into the house of God, 
and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also 
to them that were with him; which it is not lawful 
to eat but for the priests alone ? . . . The Son of 
man is Lord also of the sabbath. 



Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. 

I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sab- 
bath days to do good, or to do evil ? To save life, 
or to destroy it? 



132 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 
Stretch forth thy hand. 



Blessed he ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of 
God. 

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be 
filled. 

Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall 
laugh. 

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and 
when they shall separate you from their company^ 
and shall reproach you, and cast out your name 
as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Rejoice ye in 
that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward 
is great in heaven : for in the like manner did their 
fathers unto the prophets. 

But woe unto you that are rich! For ye have 
received your consolation. 

Woe unto you that are full! For ye shall ' 
hunger. 



ST. LUKE 133 

Woe unto you that laugh now! For ye shall 
mourn and weep. 

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of 
you! For so did their fathers to the false prophets. 

But I say unto you which hear, Love your 
enemies, do good to them which hate you, bless 
them that curse you, and pray for them which 
despitefully use you. And unto him that smiteth 
thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him 
that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy 
coat also. Give to every man that asketh of thee; 
and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them 
not again. And as ye would that men should do 
to you, do ye also to them likewise. For if ye love 
them which love you, what thank have ye ? For 
sinners also love those that love them. And if ye 
do good to them which do good to you, what thank 
have ye ? For sinners also do even the same. And 
if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what 
thank have ye ? For sinners also lend to sinners, to 
receive as much again. But love ye your enemies. 



134 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; 
and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the 
children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the 
unthankful and to the evil. Be ye therefore merci- 
ful, as your Father also is merciful. Judge not, 
and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye 
shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be 
forgiven: give, and it shall be given unto you; 
good measure, pressed dov^n, and shaken together, 
and running over, shall men give unto your bosom. 
For with the same measure that ye mete withal it 
shall be measured to you again. 



Can the blind lead the blind ? Shall they not both 
fall into the ditch ? The disciple is not above his 
master: but every one that is perfect shall be as 
his master. And why beholdest thou the mote 
that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the 
beam that is in thine own eye ? Either how canst 
thou say to thy brother. Brother, let me pull out 



ST. LUKE 135 

the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself 
beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye ? 
Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of 
thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to 
pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. For 
a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither 
doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. For 
every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns 
men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush 
gather they grapes. A good man out of the good 
treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is 
good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of 
his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of 
the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. 

And why call ye me. Lord, Lord, and do not the 
things which I say ? Whosoever cometh to me, 
and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will 
shew you to whom he is like: he is like a man 
which built a house, and digged deep, and laid the 
foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, 
the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and 



136 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

could not shake It; for It was founded upon a rock. 
But he that heareth, and doeth not, Is Uke a man 
that without a foundation built a house upon the 
earth; against which the stream did beat vehe- 
mently, and Immediately it fell; and the ruin of 
that house was great. 



I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, 
no, not in Israel. 



Weep not. 

Young man, I say unto thee. Arise. 



Go your way, and tell John what things ye have 
seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame 
walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the 



ST. LUKE 137 

dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached. 
And blessed is he^ whosoever shall not be offended 
in me. 

What went ye out into the wilderness for to see ? 
A reed shaken with the wind ? But what went ye 
out for to see ? A man clothed in soft raiment ? 
Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and 
live delicately, are in kings' courts. But what 
went ye out for to see ? A prophet ? Yea, I say 
unto you, and much more than a prophet. This 
is hey of whom it is written. Behold, I send my 
messenger before thy face, which shall prepare 
thy way before thee. For I say unto you. Among 
those that are born of women there is not a greater 
prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least 
in the kingdom of God is greater than he. 



Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this 
generation, and to what are they like ? They are 



138 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and 
calling one to another, and saying. We have piped 
unto you, and ye have not danced; v^e have mourned 
to you, and ye have not wept. For John the Bap- 
tist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; 
and ye say. He hath a devil. The Son of man is 
come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a 
gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of 
publicans and sinners! But wisdom is justified 
of all her children. 



Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. . . . 
There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: 
the one owed five hundred pence, and the other 
fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he 
frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, 
which of them will love him most ? 

Thou hast rightly judged. 



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ST. LUKE 139 

Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine 
house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but 
she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped 
them with the hairs of her head. Thou gavest me 
no kiss: but this woman, since the time I came in, 
hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with 
oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath 
anointed my feet with ointment. Wherefore I 
say unto thee. Her sins, which are many, are for- 
given; for she loved much: but to whom little is 
forgiven, the same loveth Httle. 

Thy sins are forgiven. 

Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. 



A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he 
sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trod- 
den down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 



140 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was 
sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked 
moisture. And some fell among thorns; and the 
thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. Ancl 
other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and 
bare fruit a hundredfold. He that hath ears to 
hear, let him hear. 



Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of 
the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that 
seeing they might not see, and hearing they might 
not understand. Now the parable is this: The 
seed is the word of God. Those by the way side 
are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and 
taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they 
should believe and be saved. They on the rock 
are they, which, when they hear, receive the word 
with joy; and these have no root, which for a while 
believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And 
that which fell among thorns are they, which, 



ST. LUKE 141 

when they have heard, go forth, and are choked 
with cares and riches and pleasures of this Hfe, 
and bring no fruit to perfection. But that on the 
good ground are they, which in an honest and 
good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and 
bring forth fruit with patience. 

No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth 
It with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but set- 
teth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in 
may see the light. For nothing is secret, that 
shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, 
that shall not be known and come abroad. Take 
heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, 
to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, 
from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth 
to have. 



My mother and my brethren are these which 
hear the word of God, and do it. 



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Let us go over unto the other side of the lake^ 

Where is your faith ? 



What is thy name ? 

Return to thine own house, and shew how great 
things God hath done unto thee. 



Who touched me ? 

Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that 
virtue is gone out of me. 

Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath 
made thee whole; go in peace. 



ST. LUKE 143 

Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made 
whole. 



Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. 
Maid, arise. 



Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, 
nor scrip, neither bread, neither money, neither 
have two coats apiece. And whatsoever house ye 
enter into, there abide, and thence depart. And 
whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of 
that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for 
a testimony against them. 



Give ye them to eat. 



144 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 
Make them sit down by fifties in a company. 

Whom say the people that I am ? 
But whom say ye that I am ? 



The Son of man must suffer many things, and 
be rejected of the elders and chief priests and 
scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third 
day. 



If any man will come after me, let him deny 
himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but 
whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same 
shall save it. For what is a man advantaged, if 
he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be 
cast away? For whosoever shall be ashamed of 



ST. LUKE 145 

me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man 
be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, 
and in his Father's, and of the holy angels. But 
I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, 
which shall not taste of death, till they see the king- 
dom of God. 



O faithless and perverse generation, how long 
shall I be with you, and suffer you ? Bring thy 
son hither. 



Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for 
the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands 
of men. 



Whosoever shall receive this child in my name 
receiveth me; and whosoever shall receive me, 



146 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least 
among you all, the same shall be great. 



Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is 
for us. 



i 



Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. 
For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's 
lives, but to save them. 



Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; 
but the Son of man hath not where to lay his 
head. 



Follow me. 



ST. LUKE 147 

Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and 
preach the kingdom of God. 

No man, having put his hand to the plough, and 
looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. 

The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are 
few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, 
that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. 
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs 
among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, 
nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. And 
into whatsoever house ye enter, first say. Peace be 
to this house. And if the son of peace be there, 
your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to 
you again. And in the same house remain, eating 
and drinking such things as they give: for the 
labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house 
to house. And into whatsoever city ye enter, and 
they receive you, eat such things as are set before 
you: and heal the sick that are therein, and say 



148 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh 
unto you. But into whatsoever city ye enter, and 
they receive you not, go your ways out into the 
streets of the same, and say. Even the very dust 
of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off 
against you: notwithstanding, be ye sure of this, 
that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. 
But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable 
in that day for Sodom, than for that city. Woe 
unto thee, Chorazin! Woe unto thee, Bethsaida! 
For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and 
Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a 
great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and 
ashes. But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and 
Sidon at the judgment, than for you. And thou, 
Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be 
thrust down to hell. He that heareth you heareth 
me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and 
he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. 
I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 



ST. LUKE 149 

Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents 
and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; 
and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Not- 
withstanding, in this rejoice not, that the spirits 
are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because 
your names are written in heaven. 

I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and 
earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise 
and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: 
even so. Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. 
All things are delivered to me of my Father: and 
no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; 
and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom 
the Son will reveal him, , . , 

Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye 
see: for I tell you, that many prophets and kings 
have desired to see those things which ye see, and 
have not seen them; and to hear those things which 
ye hear, and have not heard them. 



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What IS written in the law ? How readest thou ? 

Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou 
shalt live. 

A certain man went down from Jerusalem to 
Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped 
him of his raiment, and wounded hirriy and de- 
parted, leaving him half dead. And by chance 
there came down a certain priest that way; and 
when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 
And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, 
came and looked on him, and passed by on the 
other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he jour- 
neyed, came where he was; and when he saw him, 
he had compassion on him, and went to him, and 
bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, 
and set him on his own beast, and brought him to 
an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow 
when he departed, he took out two pence, and 
gave them to the host, and said unto him. Take 



ST. LUKE 151 

care of him: and whatsoever thou spendest more, 
when I come again, I will repay thee. Which 
now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour 
unto him that fell among the thieves .? 

Go, and do thou likewise. 



Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled 
about many things: but one thing is needful; and 
Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not 
be taken away from her. 

When ye pray, say: 

Our Father which art in heaven. Hallowed be 
thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, 
as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our 
daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also 
forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead 
us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. 



152 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go 
unto him at midnight, and say unto him. Friend, 
lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine in his 
journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set 
before him ? And he from within shall answer 
and say. Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and 
my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and 
give thee. I say unto you, Though he will not 
rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet be- 
cause of his importunity he will rise and give him 
as many as he needeth. And I say unto you, Ask, 
and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; 
knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For 
every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh 
findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a 
father, will he give him a stone ? Or if he ask a fish, 
will he for a fish give him a serpent ? Or if he 
shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion ? If 
ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts 
unto your children; how much more shall your 



ST. LUKE 153 

heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that 
ask him! 



Every kingdom divided against itself is brought 
to desolation; and a house divided against a house 
falleth. If Satan also be divided against himself, 
how shall his kingdom stand, because ye say that 
I cast out devils through Beelzebub ? And if I by 
Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons 
cast them out ? Therefore shall they be your judges. 
But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no 
doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. 
When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his 
goods are in peace: but when a stronger than he 
shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh 
from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and 
divideth his spoils. He that is not with me is 
against me; and he that gathereth not with me 
scattereth. When the unclean spirit is gone out 



154 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking 
rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto 
my house whence I came out. And when he 
Cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. Then 
goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits 
more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and 
dwell there : and the last state of that man is worse 
than the first. 



Yea, rather, blessed are they that hear the word 
of God, and keep it. 



This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and 
there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of 
Jonas the prophet. For as Jonas was a sign unto 
the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to 
this generation. The queen of the south shall 
rise up in the judgment with the men of this gen- 



ST. LUKE 155 

eration, and condemn them: for she came from 
the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom 
of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon 
is here. The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the 
judgment with this generation, and shall condemn 
it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; 
and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. No 
man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in 
a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a 
candlestick, that they which come in may see the 
light. The light of the body is the eye: therefore 
when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full 
of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also 
is full of darkness. Take heed therefore, that the 
light which is in thee be not darkness. If thy 
whole body therefore be full of light, having no 
part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when 
the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. 



156 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

Now dc ye Pharisees make clean the outside of 
the cup and the platter; but your inward part is 
full of ravening and wickedness. Ye fools, did not 
he, that made that which is without, make that 
which is within also ? But rather give alms of 
such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are 
clean unto you. But woe unto you, Pharisees! 
For ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, 
and pass over judgment and the love of God: these 
ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other 
undone. Woe unto you, Pharisees! For ye love 
the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greet- 
ings in the markets. Woe unto you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye are as graves which 
appear not, and the men that walk over them are 
not aware 0/ them. 

Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! For ye lade men 
with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye your- 
selves touch not the burdens with one of your 
fingers. Woe unto you! For ye build the sepulchres 



ST. LUKE 157 

of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 
Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of 
your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye 
build their sepulchres. Therefore also said the 
wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and 
apostles, and some of them they shall slay and 
persecute: that the blood of all the prophets, 
which was shed from the foundation of the world, 
may be required of this generation; from the blood 
of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished 
between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto 
you. It shall be required of this generation. Woe 
unto you, lawyers! For ye have taken away the key 
of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and 
them that were entering in ye hindered. 



Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which 
is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered, that 
shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be 



158 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

known. Therefore, whatsoever ye have spoken 
in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that 
which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be 
proclaimed upon the housetops. And I say unto 
you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the 
body, and after that have no more that they can 
do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: 
Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power 
to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, fear him. 
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings ? And 
not one of them is forgotten before God ? But 
even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 
Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many 
sparrows. Also I say unto you. Whosoever shall 
confess me before men, him shall the Son of man 
also confess before the angels of God: but he that 
denieth me before men shall be denied before the 
angels of God. And whosoever shall speak a 
word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven 
him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the 
Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven. And when 



ST. LUKE 159 

they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto 
magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how 
or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: 
for the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same 
hour what ye ought to say. 



Man, who made me a judge or a divider over 

you ? 

Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a 
man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the 
things which he possesseth. 

The ground of a certain rich man brought forth 
plentifully: and he thought within himself, saying. 
What shall I do, because I have no room where to 
bestow my fruits? And he said. This will I do: 
I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and 
there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 



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And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much 
goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, 
drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, 
Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of 
thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou 
hast provided ? So is he that layeth up treasure 
for himself, and is not rich towards God. 

Therefore I say unto you. Take no thought for 
your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, 
what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat, 
and the body is more than raiment. Consider the 
ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither 
have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: 
how much more are ye better than the fowls! 
And which of you with taking thought can add to 
his stature one cubit ? If ye then be not able to do 
that thing which is least, why take ye thought for 
the rest? Consider the lilies how they grow: they 
toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that 
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one 



ST. LUKE i6i 

of these. If then God so clothe the grass, which 
is to-day in the field, and to-morrow is cast into 
the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye 
of little faith! And seek not ye what ye shall eat, 
or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful 
mind. For all these things do the nations of the 
world seek after: and your Father knoweth that 
ye have need of these things. 

But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all 
these things shall be added unto you. Fear not, 
little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to 
give you the kingdom. Sell that ye have, and give 
alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, 
a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no 
thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For 
where your treasure is, there will your hearts be 
also. Let your loins be girded about, and your 
lights burning; and ye yourselves like unto men 
that wait for their lord, when he will return from the 
wedding; that, when he cometh and knocketh, 
they may open unto him immediately. Blessed 



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are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh 
shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he 
shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to 
meat, and will come forth and serve them. And 
if he shall come in the second watch, or come in 
the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those 
servants. And this know, that if the goodman of 
the house had known what hour the thief would 
come, he would have watched, and not have suf- 
fered his house to be broken through. Be ye there- 
fore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an 
hour when ye think not. 



Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom 
his lord shall make ruler over his household, to 
give them their portion of meat in due season ? 
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he 
cometh shall find so doing. Of a truth I say unto 
you, that he will make him ruler over all that he 
hath. But and if that servant say in his heart, 



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ST. LUKE 163 

My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to 
beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and 
drink, and to be drunken; the lord of that servant 
will come in a day when he looketh not for hiniy 
and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut 
him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion 
with the unbelievers. And that servant, which 
knew his lord's will, and prepared not himselfy 
neither did according to his will, shall be beaten 
with many stripes. But he that knew not, and 
did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be 
beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever 
much is given, of him shall be much required; and 
to whom men have committed much, of him they 
will ask the more. 

I am come to send fire on the earth; and what 
will I, if it be already kindled ? But I have a bap- 
tism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened 
till it be accomplished! Suppose ye that I am 
come to give peace on earth ? I tell you. Nay; 
but rather division: for from henceforth there 



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shall be five in one house divided, three against 
two, and two against three. The father shall be 
divided against the son, and the son against the 
father; the mother against the daughter, and the 
daughter against the mother; the mother in law 
against her daughter in law, and the daughter in 
law against her mother in law. 



When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straight- 
way ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. 
And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say. 
There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. Ye 
hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and 
of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern 
this time ? Yea, and why even of yourselves judge 
ye not what is right ? 

When thou goest with thine adversary to the 
magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence 
that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he 
hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee 



ST. LUKE 165 

to the officer, and the officer cast thee Into prison. 
I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou 
hast paid the very last mite. 



Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners 
above all the Galileans, because they suffered such 
things? I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, 
ye shall all likewise perish. Or those eighteen, 
upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew 
them, think ye that they were sinners above all 
men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: 
but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 



A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vine- 
yard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and 
found none. Then said he unto the dresser of his 
vineyard. Behold, these three years I come seeking 
fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; 



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why cumbereth it the ground ? And he answering 
said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till 
I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear 
fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt 
cut it down. 



Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. 



Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on 
the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, 
and lead him away to watering ? And ought not 
this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom 
Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be 
loosed from this bond on the sabbath day ? 



Unto what is the kingdom of God like, and 
whereunto shall I resemble it ? It is like a grain 



ST. LUKE 167 

of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into 
his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; 
and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. 

Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God ? 
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in 
three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 



Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, 
I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not 
be able. When once the master of the house is 
risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin 
to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, 
Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer 
and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: 
then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and 
drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in 
our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know 
you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye 
workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and 



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gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, 
and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the 
kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 
And they shall come from the east, and from the 
west, and from the north, and from the south, and 
shall sit down in the kingdom of God. And be- 
hold, there are last which shall be first; and there 
are first which shall be last. 



Go ye, and tell that fox. Behold, I cast out 
devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and 
the third day I shall be perfected. Nevertheless 
I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day 
following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish 
out of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which j 
killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent 
unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy 
children together, as a hen doth gather her brood 
under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your 
house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say 



ST. LUKE 169 

unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come 
when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the 
name of the Lord. 



Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? 

Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen 
into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out 
on the sabbath day ? 



When thou art bidden of any man to 2i wedding, 
sit not down in the highest room; lest a more 
honourable man than thou be bidden of him; 
and he that bade thee and him come and say to 
thee. Give this man place; and thou begin with 
shame to take the lowest room. But when thou 
art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; 
that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say 



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unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou 
have worship in the presence of them that sit at 
meat with thee. For whosoever exalteth himself 
shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself 
shall be exalted. 

When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call 
not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kins- 
men, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid 
thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But 
when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, 
the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for 
they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be 
recompensed at the resurrection of the just. 

A certain man made a great supper, and bade 
many: and sent his servant at supper time to say 
to them that were bidden. Come; for all things are 
now ready. And they all with one consent began 
to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have 
bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and 



ST. LUKE 171 

see It: I pray thee have me excused. And another 
said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to 
prove them: I pray thee have me excused. And 
another said, I have married a v^ife, and therefore 
I cannot come. So that servant came, and shewed 
his lord these things. Then the master of the 
house being angry said to his servant, Go out 
quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and 
bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the 
halt, and the blind. And the servant said. Lord, 
it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there 
is room. And the lord said unto the servant. Go 
out into the highways and hedges, and compel 
them to come in, that my house may be filled. For 
I say unto you. That none of those men which 
were bidden shall taste of my supper. 



If any man come to me, and hate not his father, 
and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, 



172 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot 
be my disciple. And whosoever doth not bear his 
cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sit- 
teth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether 
he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after 
he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to 
finish /f, all that behold it begin to mock him, 
saying. This man began to build, and was not able 
to finish. Or what king, going to make war against \ 
another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth i 
whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him 
that Cometh against him with twenty thousand ? 
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he 
sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of 
peace. So likewise, whosoever he be of you that 
forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my 
disciple. 

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, 
wherewith shall it be seasoned } It is neither fit 
for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men 



ST. LUKE 173 

cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him 
hear. 



What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if 
he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and 
nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is 
lost, until he find it ? And when he hath found /V, 
he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when 
he Cometh home, he calleth together his friends 
and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with 
me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. I 
say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven 
over one sinner that repenteth, more than over 
ninety and nine just persons, which need no re- 
pentance. 

Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, 
if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and 
sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find 
it? And when she hath found it, she calleth her 



174 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

friends and her neighbours together, saying, Re- 
joice with me; for I have found the piece which I 
had lost. Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy 
in the presence of the angels of God over one sin- 
ner that repenteth. . . . 

A certain man had two sons: and the younger 
of them said to his father, Father, give me the 
portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided 
unto them his living. And not many days after the 
younger son gathered all together, and took his jour- 
ney into a far country, and there wasted his sub- 
stance with riotous living. And when he had spent 
all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and 
he began to be in want. And he went and joined 
himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him I 
into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain 
have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did] 
eat; and no man gave unto him. And when he came 
to himself, he said. How many hired servants of my 
father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish 
with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and! 



ST. LUKE 175 

will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against 
heaven, and b'efore thee, and am no more w^orthy to 
be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired 
servants. And he arose, and came to his father. 
But v^hen he was yet a great way off, his father 
saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell 
on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said 
unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, 
and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be 
called thy son. But the father said to his servants. 
Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and 
put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: and 
bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us 
eat, and be merry: for this my son was dead, and 
is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And 
they began to be merry. Now his elder son was 
in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the 
house, he heard music and dancing. And he 
called one of the servants, and asked what these 
things meant. And he said unto him. Thy brother 
is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf. 



I 



176 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

because he hath received him safe and sound. 
And he was angry, and would not go in : therefore 
came his father out, and entreated him. And he 
answering said to his father, Lo, these many years 
do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time 
thy commandment; and yet thou never gavest me 
a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: 
but as soon as this thy son was come, which hath 
devoured thy Hving with harlots, thou hast killed 
for him the fatted calf. And he said unto him, 
Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is 
thine. It was meet that we should make merry, 
and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and isJ 
alive again; and was lost, and is found. 



There was a certain rich man, which had ai 
steward; and the same was accused unto him that] 
he had wasted his goods. And he called him, and 
said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee ? 



ST. LUKE 177 

Give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest 
be no longer steward. Then the steward said 
within himself, What shall I do, for my lord taketh 
away from me the stewardship ? I cannot dig; to 
beg I am ashamed. I am resolved what to do, 
that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they 
may receive me into their houses. So he called 
every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said 
unto the first. How much owest thou unto my 
lord ? And he said, A hundred measures of oil. 
And he said unto him. Take thy bill, and sit down 
quickly, and write fifty. Then said he to another. 
And how much owest thou ^ And he said, A 
hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto 
him. Take thy bill, and write fourscore. And the 
lord commended the unjust steward, because he 
had done wisely: for the children of this world are 
in their generation wiser than the children of light. 
And I say unto you. Make to yourselves friends 
of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when 
ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habita- 



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tions. He that is faithful in that which is least is 
faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the 
least is unjust also in much. If therefore ye have 
not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, 
who will commit to your trust the true riches? 
And if ye have not been faithful in that which is 
another man's, who shall give you that which is 
your own ? No servant can serve two masters : 
for either he will hate the one, and love the other; 
or else he will hold to the one, and despise the 
other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 



Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; 
but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is 
highly esteemed among men is abomination in the 
sight of God. The law and the prophets were 
until John: since that time the kingdom of God is 
preached, and every man presseth into it. And 
it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one 



ST, LUKE 179 

tittle of the law to fail. Whosoever putteth away 
his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adul- 
tery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away 
from her husband committeth adultery. 

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed 
in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously 
every day: and there was a certain beggar named 
Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 
and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell 
from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came 
and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that 
the beggar died, and was carried by the angels 
into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, 
and was buried; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, 
being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, 
and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said. 
Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send 
Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in 
water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented 
in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember 
that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things. 



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and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is 
comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside 
all this, between us and you there is a great gulf 
fixed: so that they which would pass from hence 
to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that 
would come from thence. Then he said, I pray 
thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him 
to my father's house: for I have five brethren; 
that he may testify unto them, lest they also come 
into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto 
him. They have Moses and the prophets; let them 
hear them. And he said. Nay, father Abraham: 
but if one went unto them from the dead, they will 
repent. And he said unto him. If they hear not 
Moses and the prophets, neither will they be per- 
suaded, though one rose from the dead. 



It is impossible but that offences will come: but 
woe unto him, through whom they come! It were 



ST. LUKE i8i 

better for him that a millstone were hanged about 
his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he 
should offend one of these little ones. 

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass 
against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive 
him. And if he trespass against thee seven times 
in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to 
thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. 



If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye 
might say unto this sycamine tree. Be thou plucked 
up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and 
it should obey you. But v^hich of you, having a 
servant ploughing or feeding cattle, will say unto 
him by and by, when he is come from the field. 
Go and sit down to meat ? And will not rather 
say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, 
and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten 
and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and 
drink .? Doth he thank that servant because he 



i82 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

did the things that were commanded him ? I trow 
not. So Hkewise ye, when ye shall have done all 
those things which are commanded you, say. We 
are unprofitable servants: we have done that which 
was our duty to do. 



Go shew yourselves unto the priests. 

Were there not ten cleansed ? But where are the 1 
nine ? There are not found that returned to give 
glory to God, save this stranger. 

Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made theej 
whole. 



The kingdom of God cometh not with obser- 
vation: neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo 



ST. LUKE 183 

there! For, behold, the kingdom of God is within 
you. 



The days will come, when ye shall desire to see 
one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not 
see it. And they shall say to you. See here; or, 
see there: go not after themy nor follow them. For 
as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part 
under heaven, shineth unto the other part under 
heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. 
But first must he suffer many things, and be re- 
jected of this generation. And as it was in the 
days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the 
Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they mar- 
ried wives, they were given in marriage, until the 
day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood 
came, and destroyed them all. Likew^ise also as 
it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, 
they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 
but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it 



i84 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and de- 
stroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day 
when the Son of man is revealed. In that day, 
he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff 
in the house, let him not come down to take it 
away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise 
not return back. Remember Lot's wife. Who- 
soever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and 
whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. I 
tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one 
bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be 
left. Two women shall be grinding together; the 
one shall be taken, and the other left. Two men 
shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the 
other left. 



Wheresoever the body zV, thither will the eagles 
be gathered together. 



ST. LUKE 185 

There was In a city a judge, which feared not 
God, neither regarded man: and there was a 
widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying. 
Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not 
for a while: but afterward he said within himself. 
Though I fear not God, nor regard man; yet be- 
cause this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, 
lest by her continual coming she weary me. And 
the Lord said. Hear what the unjust judge saith. 
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry 
day and night unto him, though he bear long with 
them ? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. 
Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall 
he find faith on the earth .? 



Two men went up into the temple to pray; the 
one a Pharisee, and the other a pubhcan. The 
Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, 
I thank thee, that I am not as other men are^ ex- 
tortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this pub- 



i86 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

lican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all 
that I possess. And the publican, standing afar 
off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto 
heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God 
be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man 
went down to his house justified rather than the 
other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be 
abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be 
exalted. 



Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid 
them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. 
Verily I say unto you. Whosoever shall not receive 
the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no 
wise enter therein. 



Why callest thou me good ? None is good, save 
one, that is^ God. Thou knowest the command- 
ments. Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do 



ST. LUKE 187 

not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy 
father and thy mother. 

Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, 
and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have 
treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. 

How hardly shall they that have riches enter into 
the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel 
to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man 
to enter into the kingdom of God. 

The things which are impossible with men are 
possible with God. 



Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath 
left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or chil- 
dren, for the kingdom of God's sake, who shall not 
receive manifold more in this present time, and 
in the world to come life everlasting. 



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Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things 
that are written by the prophets concerning the 
Son of man shall be accomplished. For he shall 
be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, 
and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: and they 
shall scourge him, and put him to death; and the 
third day he shall rise again. 



What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee ? 
Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee. 



Zaccheus, make haste, and come down; for 
to day I must abide at thy house. 

This day is salvation come to this house, foras- 
much as he also is a son of Abraham. For the 
Son of man is come to seek and to save that which 
was lost. 



ST. LUKE 189 

A certain nobleman went into a far country 
to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 
And he called his ten servants, and delivered them 
ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. 
But his citizens hated him, and sent a message 
after him, saying, We will not have this man to 
reign over us. And it came to pass, that when he 
was returned, having received the kingdom, then 
he commanded these servants to be called unto 
him, to whom he had given the money, that he 
might know how much every man had gained by 
trading. Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy 
pound hath gained ten pounds. And he said unto 
him. Well, thou good servant: because thou hast 
been faithful in a very little, have thou authority 
over ten cities. And the second came, saying. 
Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. And 
he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five 
cities. And another came, saying. Lord, behold, 
here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a 
napkin: for I feared thee, because thou art an 



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austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not 
down, and reapest that thou didst hot sow. And 
he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I 
judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest 
that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid 
not down, and reaping that I did not sow: where- 
fore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, 
that at my coming I might have required mine 
own with usury? And he said unto them that 
stood by. Take from him the pound, and give it 
to him that hath ten pounds. (And they said unto 
him. Lord, he hath ten pounds.) For I say unto 
you. That unto every one which hath shall be 
given; and from him that hath not, even that he 
hath shall be taken away from him. But those 
mine enemies, which would not that I should 
reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before 
me. 



Go ye into the village over against you; in the 



ST. LUKE 191 

which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, 
whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring 
him hither. And if any man ask you. Why do ye 
loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the 
Lord hath need of him. 



I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, 
the stones would immediately cry out. 



If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this 
thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! 
But now they are hid from thine eyes. For the 
days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies 
shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee 
round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall 
lay thee even with the ground, and thy children 
within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one 
stone upon another; because thou knewest not the 
time of thy visitation 



192 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

It is written, My house is the house of prayer; 
but ye have made it a den of thieves. 



I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: 
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of 
men? 

Neither tell I you by what authority I do these 
things. 



A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it 
forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country 
for a long time. And at the season he sent a ser- 
vant to the husbandmen, that they should give 
him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husband- 
men beat him, and sent him away empty. And 
again he sent another servant: and they beat him 
also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him 



ST. LUKE 193 

away empty. And again he sent a third: and 
they wounded him also, and cast htm out. Then 
said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do ? - I 
will send my beloved son: it may be they will 
reverence him when they see him. But when the 
husbandmen sav/ him, they reasoned among them- 
selves, saying. This is the heir: come, let us kill 
him, that the inheritance may be ours. So they 
cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 
What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do 
unto them ? He shall come and destroy these 
husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. 



What is this then that is written. The stone 
which the builders rejected, the same is become 
the head of the corner ? Whosoever shall fall 
upon that stone shall be broken; but on whom- 
soever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. 



194 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

Why tempt ye me ? Shew me a penny. Whose 
image and superscription hath it ? 

Render therefore unto Cesar the things which 
be Cesar's, and unto God the things which be 
God's. 



The children of this world marry, and are given 
in marriage: but they which shall be accounted 
worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection 
from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in 
marriage: neither can they die any more: for they 
are equal unto the angels; and are the children 
of God, being the children of the resurrection. 
Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed 
at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God 
of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of 
Jacob. For he is not a God of the dead, but of 
the living: for all live unto him. 



ST. LUKE 195 

How say they that Christ is David's son ? And 
David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The 
Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right 
hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. 
David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then 
his son ? 



Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in 
long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and 
the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief 
rooms at feasts; which devour widow's houses, 
and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall 
receive greater damnation. 



Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow 
hath cast in more than they all: for all these have 
of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of 
God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the 
living that she had. 



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As for these things which ye behold, the days 
will come in the which there shall not be left one 
stone upon another that shall not be thrown down. 

Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many 
shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and 
the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after 
them. But when ye shall hear of wars and com- 
motions, be not terrified: for these things must 
first come to pass; but the end is not by and by. 

Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom 
against kingdom: and great earthquakes shall be 
in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and 
fearful sights, and great signs shall there be from 
heaven. But before all these, they shall lay their 
hands on you, and persecute you^ delivering you 
up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being 
brought before kings and rulers for my name's 
sake. And it shall turn to you for a testimony. 
Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate 



ST. LUKE 197 

before what ye shall answer: for I will give you a 
mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries 
shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. And ye 
shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, 
and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall 
they cause to be put to death. And ye shall be 
hated of all men for my name's sake. But there 
shall not a hair of your head perish. In your 
patience possess ye your souls. And \\hen ye shall 
see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know 
that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them 
which are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let 
them which are in the midst of it depart out; and 
let not them that are in the countries enter there- 
into. For these be the days of vengeance, that all 
things which are written may be fulfilled. But 
woe unto them that are with child, and to them 
that give suck, in those days! For there shall be 
great distress in the land, and wrath upon this 
people. And they shall fall by the edge of the 
sword, and shall be led away captive into all na- 



198 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

tions: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the 
Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. 
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the 
moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth dis- 
tress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the 
waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, 
and for looking after those things which are coming 
on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be 
shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man 
coming in a cloud 'with power and great glory. 
And when these things begin to come to pass, then 
look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemp- 
tion draweth nigh. 

Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; when they 
now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own 
selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So like- 
wise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, 
know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at 
hand. Verily I say unto you. This generation 
shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. Heaven 



ST. LUKE 199 

and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not 
pass away. 

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time 
your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and 
drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day 
come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall 
it come on all them that dwell on the face of the 
whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray 
always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape 
all these things that shall come to pass, and to 
stand before the Son of man. 



Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. 

Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there 
shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; 
follow him into the house where he entereth in. 
And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, 
The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guest- 
chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my 



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disciples ? And he shall shew you a large upper 
room furnished: there make ready. 



With desire I have desired to eat this passover 
with you before I suffer: for I say unto you, I will 
not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the 
kingdom of God. 

Take this, and divide it among yourselves: for 
I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the 
vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. 

This is my body which is given for you; this do 
in remembrance of me. 

This cup is the new testament in my blood, 
which is shed for you. 

But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me 
is with me on the table. And truly the Son of 



ST. LUKE 201 

man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto 
that man by whom he is betrayed! 



The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over 
them; and they that exercise authority upon them 
are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: 
but he that is greatest among you, let him be as 
the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth 
serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at 
meat, or he that serveth ? Is not he that sitteth at 
meat ? But I am among you as he that serveth. 
Ye are they which have continued with me in my 
temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom 
as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye 
may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, 
and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of 
Israel. 

Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to 
have you, that he may sift you as wheat: but I have 



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prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when 
thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. 

I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this 
day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou 
knowest me. 

When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and 
shoes, lacked ye any thing ? 

But now, he that hath a purse, let him take ity 
and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, 
let him sell his garment, and buy one. For I say 
unto you. That this that is written must yet be 
accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among 
the transgressors: for the things concerning me 
have an end. 



It is enough 



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ST. LUKE 203 

Pray that ye enter not into temptation. 

Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from 
me: nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done. 

Why sleep ye ? Rise and pray, lest ye enter into 
temptation. 

Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss .? 

Suffer ye thus far. 

Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords 
and staves ? When I was daily with you in the 
temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: 
but this is your hour, and the power of darkness. 



If I tell you, ye will not believe: and if I also 
ask youy ye will not answer me, nor let me go. 



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Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right 
hand of the power of God. 

Ye say that I am. 

Thou sayest it. 



Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but 
weep for yourselves, and for your children. For, 
behold, the days are coming, in the which they 
shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs 
that never bare, and the paps which never gave 
suck. Then shall they begin to say to the moun- 
tains. Fall on us; and to the hills. Cover us. For 
if they do these things in a green tree, what shall 
be done in the dry? 



Father, forgive them; for they know not what 
they do. 



ST. LUKE 205 

Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be 
with me in paradise. 

Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. 



What manner of communications are these that 
ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad ? 

What things ? 

O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the 
prophets have spoken: ought not Christ to have 
suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? 



Peace be unto you. 

Why are ye troubled ? And why do thoughts arise 
in your hearts ? Behold my hands and my feet, 



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that It is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit 
hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. 



Have ye here any meat? 



These are the words v^hich I spake unto you, 
while I was yet with you, that all things must be 
fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, 
and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning 
me. 

Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ 
to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: 
and that repentance and remission of sins should be 
preached in his name among all nations, beginning 
at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things. 

And, behold, I send the promise of my Father 
upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, 
until ye be endued with power from on high. 



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ST. JOHN 
What seek ye ? 

Come and see. 



Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be 
called Cephas. 

Follow me. 



Behold an Israelite indeed, In whom is no guile! 

Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast 
under the fig tree, I saw thee. 

Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the 
fig tree, believest thou ? Thou shalt see greater 

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things than these. . . . Verily, verily, I say unto 
you. Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the 
angels of God ascending and descending upon the 
Son of man. 



Woman, what have I to do with thee ? Mine 
hour is not yet come. 

Fill the waterpots with water. 

Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of 
the feast. 



Take these things hence; make not my Father's 
house a house of merchandise. 

Destroy this temple, and in three days I will 
raise it up. 



ST. JOHN 209 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee. Except a man 
be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of 
God. 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man 
be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter 
into the kingdom of God. That which is born of 
the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the 
Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, 
Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where 
it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but 
canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it 
goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 

Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not 
these things ? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We 
speak that we do know, and testify that we have 
seen; and ye receive not our witness. If I have 
told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how 
shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things ? 
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he 



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that came down from heaven, even the Son of man 
which is in heaven. And as Moses Hfted up the 
serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of 
man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in 
him should not perish, but have eternal life. For 
God so loved the world, that he gave his only 
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him 
should not perish, but have everlasting life. For 
God sent not his Son into the world to condemn 
the world; but that the world through him might 
be saved. 

He that believeth on him is not condemned: but! 
he that believeth not is condemned already, be-l 
cause he hath not believed in the name of the only I 
begotten Son of God. And this is the condemna- 
tion, that light is come into the world, and men 
loved darkness rather than light, because their 
deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil 
hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest 
his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth 



ST. JOHN 211 

truth Cometh to the light, that his deeds may be 
made manifest, that they are wrought in God. 

The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all 
things into his hand. He that believeth on the 
Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not 
the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God 
abideth on him. 



Give me to drink. 

If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is 
that saith to thee. Give me to drink; thou wouldest 
have asked of him, and he would have given thee 
living water. 

Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst 
again: but whosoever drinketh the water that I 
shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that 



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I shall give him shall be in him a well of water 
springing up into everlasting life. 

Go, call thy husband, and come hither. 

Thou hast well said, I have no husband: for^ 
thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou 
now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou; 
truly. 

Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when yi 
shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at JerusalemJ 
worship the Father. Ye worship ye know noi 
what: we know what we worship; for salvation i| 
of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is 
when the true worshippers shall worship the FatheJ 
in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh sucl 
to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they thai 
worship him must worship him in spirit and 
truth. 



ST. JOHN 213 

I that speak unto thee am he. 

I have meat to eat that ye know not of. 

My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, 
and to finish his work. 



Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then 
Cometh harvest ? Behold, I say unto you. Lift up 
your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white 
already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth 
wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that 
both he that soweth and he that reapeth may 
rejoice together. And herein is that saying true. 
One soweth, and another reapeth. I sent you to 
reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other 
men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. 



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Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not 
believe. 

Go thy way; thy son liveth. 



Wilt thou be made whole ? 

Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. 

Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest^ 
a worse thing come unto thee. 



My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 



Verily, verily, I say unto you. The Son can dc 
nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father 
do: for what things soever he doeth, these alsc 



ST. JOHN 215 

doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth 
the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself 
doeth: and he will shew him greater works than 
these, that ye may marvel. For as the Father 
raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so 
the Son quickeneth whom he will. For the Father 
judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment 
unto the Son: that all men should honour the Son, 
even as they honour the Father. He that hon- 
oureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which 
hath sent him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He 
that heareth my word, and believeth on him that 
sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come 
into condemnation; but is passed from death unto 
life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is 
coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the 
voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall 
live. For as the Father hath life in himself; so 
hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 
and hath given him authority to execute judgment 
also, because he is the Son of man. Marvel not 



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at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that 
are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall 
come forth; they that have done good, unto the 
resurrection of life; and they that have done evil 
unto the resurrection of damnation. I can of mine 
own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my 
judgment is just; because I seek not mine own 
will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. 
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 

There is another that beareth witness of me; 
and I know that the witness which he witnesseth 
of me is true. Ye sent unto John, and he bare 
witness unto the truth. But I receive not testi- 
mony from man: but these things I say, that ye 
might be saved. He was a burning and a shining 
light; and ye were wilHng for a season to rejoice 
in his light. 

But I have greater witness than that of John: 
for the works which the Father hath given me to 
finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of 
me, that the Father hath sent me. And the Father 



ST. JOHN 217 

himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness 
of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any 
time, nor seen his shape. And ye have not his 
word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him 
ye beHeve not. 

Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye 
have eternal life: and they are they which testify 
of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might 
have life. I receive not honour from men. But 
I know you, that ye have not the love of God in 
you. I am come in my Father's name, and ye 
receive me not: if another shall come in his own 
name, him ye will receive. How can ye believe, 
which receive honour one of another, and seek not 
the honour that cometh from God only ? Do not 
think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is 
one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye 
trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have 
believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe 
not his writings, how shall ye believe my words ? 



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Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat ? 

Make the men sit down. 

Gather up the fragments that remain, that 
nothing be lost. 

It is I; be not afraid. 



Verily, verily, I say unto you. Ye seek me, not 
because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did 
eat of the loaves, and were filled. Labour not for 
the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which 
endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of 
man shall give unto you: for him hath God the 
Father sealed. 



ST. JOHN 219 

This IS the work of God, that ye beheve on him 
whom he hath sent. 



Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you 
not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth 
you the true bread from heaven. For the bread 
of God is he which cometh down from heaven, 
and giveth life unto the world. 



I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall 
never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall 
never thirst. But I said unto you. That ye also 
have seen me, and believe not. All that the Father 
giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh 
to me I will in no wise cast out. For I came down 
from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will 
of him that sent me. And this is the Father's will 
which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given 



220 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up 
again at the last day. And this is the will of him 
that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, 
and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: 
and I will raise him up at the last day. 



Murmur not among yourselves. No man can 
come to me, except the Father which hath sent me 
draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. 
It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all 
taught of God. Every man therefore that hath 
heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh 
unto me. Not that any man hath seen the Father, 
save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on 
me hath everlasting life. I am that bread of life. 
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and 
are dead. This is the bread which cometh down 
from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not 
die. I am the living bread which cam6 down 



ST. JOHN 221 

from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall 
live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my 
flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. 



Verily, verily, I say unto you. Except ye eat the 
flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye 
have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and 
drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will 
raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat 
indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that 
eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth 
in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath 
sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth 
me, even he shall live by me. This is that bread 
which came down from heaven : not as your fathers 
did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this 
bread shall live for ever. 



Doth this ofi'end you ? What and if ye shall see 



222 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

the Son of man ascend up where he was before ? 
It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth 
nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are 
spirit, and they are life. But there are some of 
you that beUeve not. 

Therefore said I unto you, that no man can 
come unto me, except it were given unto him of 
my Father. 



Will ye also go away .? 

Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you 
is a devil ? 



My time is not yet come: but your time is always 
ready. The world cannot hate you; but me it 
hateth, because I testify of it, that the works 
thereof are evil. Go ye up unto this feast: I go 



ST. JOHN 223 

not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet 
full come. 



My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the 
doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak 
of myself. He that speaketh of himself seeketh 
his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that 
sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness 
is in him. Did not Moses give you the law, and 
yet none of you keepeth the law ? Why go ye 
about to kill me ? 



I have done one work, and ye all marvel. Moses 
therefore gave unto you circumcision (not because 
it is of Moses, but of the fathers); and ye on the 
sabbath day circumcise a man. If a man on the 
sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of 
Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, 



224 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

because I have made a man every whit whole on 
the sabbath day? Judge not according to the 
appearance, but judge righteous judgment. 

Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: 
and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me 
is true, whom ye know not. But I know him; for 
I am from him, and he hath sent me. Yet a little 
while am I with you, and then I go unto him that 
sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: 
and where I am, thither ye cannot come. 

If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and 
drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture 
hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living 
water. 



He that is without sin among you, let him first 
cast a stone at her. 



ST. JOHN 225 

Woman, where are those thine accusers ? Hath 
no man condemned thee ? 

Neither do I condemn thee : go, and sin no more. 



I am the light of the world: he that followeth me 
shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light 
of life. 



Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is 
true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; 
but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I 
go. Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. 
And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am 
not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. It 
is also written in your law, that the testimony of 
two men is true. I am one that bear witness of 
myself, and the Father that sent me beareth wit- 
ness of me. 



226 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had 
known me, ye should have known my Father also. 

I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die 
in your sins : whither I go, ye cannot come. 



Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are 
of this world: I am not of this world. I said there- 
fore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if 
ye believe not that I am he^ ye shall die in your 
sins. 



Even the same that I said unto you from the 
beginning. I have many things to say and to 
judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I 
speak to the world those things which I have heard 
of him. 



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ST. JOHN 227 

When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall 
ye know that I am he^ and that I do nothing of 
myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak 
these things. And he that sent me is with me: 
the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always 
those things that please him. 



If ye continue in my word, then are ye my dis- 
ciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and 
the truth shall make you free. 



Verily, verily, I say unto you. Whosoever com- 
mitteth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant 
abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son 
abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make 
you free, ye shall be free indeed. I know that ye 
are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, be- 
cause my word hath no place in you. I speak 



228 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

that which I have seen with my Father: and ye 
do that which ye have seen with your father. 

If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the 
works of Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me, 
a man that hath told you tlie truth, which I have 
heard of God: this did not Abraham. Ye do the 
deeds of your father. 

If God were your Father, ye would love me: for 
I proceeded forth and came from God; neither 
came I of myself, but he sent me. Why do ye not 
understand my speech ? Even because ye cannot 
hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, 
and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a 
murderer from the beginning, and abode not in 
the truth, because there is no truth in him. When 
he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he 
is a Har, and the father of it. And because I tell 
you the truth, ye believe me not. Which of you 
convinceth me of sin } And if I say the truth, 



ST. JOHN 229 

why do ye not believe me ? He that is of God 
heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, 
because ye are not of God. 

I have not a devil: but I honour my Father, and 
ye do dishonour me. And I seek not mine own 
glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. 
Verily, verily, I say unto you. If a man keep my 
saying, he shall never see death. 

If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is 
my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, 
that he is your God: yet ye have not known him; 
but I know him: and if I should say, I know him 
not, I shall be a liar like unto you : but I know him, 
and keep his saying. Your father Abraham re- 
joiced to see my day: and he saw /V, and was glad. 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham 
was, I am. 



230 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: 
but that the works of God should be made manifest 
in him. I must work the works of him that sent 
me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no 
man can work. As long as I am in the world, I 
am the light of the world. 

Go, wash in the pool of Siloam. 

Dost thou believe on the Son of God ? 

Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh 
with thee. 



For judgment I am come into this world, tha^ 
they which see not might see; and that they whicli 
see might be made blind. 



ST. JOHN 231 

If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now 
ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth. 

Verily, verily, I say unto you. He that entereth 
not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth 
up some other way, the same is a thief and a rob- 
ber. But he that entereth in by the door is the 
shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth; 
and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his 
own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And 
when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth 
before them, and the sheep follow him: for they 
know his voice. And a stranger will they not 
follow, but will flee from him; for they know not 
the voice of strangers. 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of 
the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves 
and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I 
am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall 
be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, 



232 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

and to destroy: I am come that they might have 
life, and that they might have it more abundantly. 
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth 
his life for the sheep. But he that is a hireling, 
and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are 
not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, 
and fleeth; and the wolf catcheth them, and scat- 
tereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because 
he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I 
am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and 
am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, 
even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life 
for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are 
not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they 
shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, 
and one shepherd. Therefore doth my Father 
love me, because I lay down my life, that I might 
take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I 
lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it 
down, and I have power to take it again. This 
commandment have I received of my Father. 



ST. JOHN 233 

I told you, and ye believed not: the works that 
I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. 
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, 
as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and 
I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto 
them eternal life; and they shall never perish, 
neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than 
all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my 
Father's hand. I and my Father are one. 



Many good works have I shewed you from my 
Father; for which of those works do ye stone me ? 



Is it not written in your law, I said. Ye are gods ? 
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of 
God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken ; 
say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, 
and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; be- 



234 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

cause I said, I am the Son of God ? If I do not 
the works of my Father, believe me not. But if 
I do, though ye beUeve not me, beUeve the works; 
that ye may know, and beheve, that the Father is 
in me, and I in him. 



This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory 
of God, that the Son of God might be glorified 
thereby. 

Let us go into Judea again. 

Are there not twelve hours in the day ? If any 
man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because 
he seeth the light of this world. But if a man 
walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is 
no light in him. 



ST. JOHN 235 

Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I 
may awake him out of sleep. 

Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes 
that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; 
nevertheless let us go unto him. 

Thy brother shall rise again. 

I am the resurrection, and the life: he that be- 
lieveth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he 
live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me 
shall never die. Believest thou this ? 

Where have ye laid him ? 

Take ye away the stone. 

Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest be- 
lieve, thou shouldest see the glory of God ? 



236 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. 
And I knew that thou hearest me always: but be- 
cause of the people which stand by I said it, that 
they may believe that thou hast sent me. 

Lazarus, come forth. 

Loose him, and let him go. 



Let her alone: against the day of my burying 
hath she kept this. For the poor always ye have 
with you; but me ye have not always. 



The hour is come, that the Son of man should 
be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except 
a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it 
abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much 
fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he 



ST. JOHN 237 

that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto 
life eternal. If any man serve me, let him follow 
me; and where I am, there shall also my servant 
be: if any man serve me, him will my Father 
honour. Now is my soul troubled; and what shall 
I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for 
this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify 
thy name. 

This voice came not because of me, but for your 
sakes. Now is the judgment of this world: now 
shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, 
if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men 
unto me. 

Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk 
while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon 
you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not 
whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe 
in the light, that ye may be the children of light. 



238 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, 
but on him that sent me. And he that seeth me 
seeth him that sent me. I am come a light into 
the world, that whosoever believeth on me should 
not abide in darkness. And if any man hear my 
words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came 
not to judge the world, but to save the world. He 
that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, 
hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have 
spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. 
For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father 
which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what 
I should say, and what I should speak. And I 
know that his commandment is life everlasting: 
whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father 
said unto me, so I speak. 



What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt 
know hereafter. 



ST. JOHN 239 

If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. 

He that is washed needeth not save to wash his 
feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but 
not all. 

Know ye what I have done to you ? Ye call me 
Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. 
If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your 
feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 
For I have given you an example, that ye should 
do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say 
unto you. The servant is not greater than his lord; 
neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. 
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do 
them. I speak not of you all: I know whom I 
have chosen: but that the Scripture may be ful- 
filled. He that eateth bread with me hath lifted 
up his heel against me. Now I tell you before it 
come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe 
that I am he. Verily, verily, I say unto you. He 



240 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; 
and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. 



Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you 
shall betray me. 

He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have 
dipped it. 

That thou doest, do quickly. 

Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is 
glorified in him. If God be glorified in him, God 
shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straight- 
way glorify him. Little children, yet a little while m 
I am with you. Ye shall seek me; and as I said Jl 
unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so ^ 
now I say to you. A new commandment I give 
unto you. That ye love one another; as I have 
loved you, that ye also love one another. By this 



ST. JOHN 241 

shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye 
have love one to another. 



Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; 
but thou shalt follow me afterwards. 

Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake ? Verily, 
verily, I say unto thee. The cock shall not crow, 
till thou hast denied me thrice. 



Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in 
God, believe also in me. In my Father's house 
are many mansions: if it were not jo, I would have 
told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And 
if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come 
again, and receive you unto myself; that where I 
am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye 
know, and the way ye know. 



242 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

I am the way, the truth, and the Hfe: no man 
Cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had 
known me, ye should have known my Father also: 
and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen 
him. 



Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast 
thou not known me, Philip ? He that hath seen me 
hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then^ 
Shew us the Father ? Believest thou not that I 
am in the Father, and the Father in me ? The words 
that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but 
the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 
Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father 
in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. 
Verily, verily, I say unto you. He that believeth 
on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and 
greater works than these shall he do; because I go 
unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask] 
in my name, that will I do, that the Father mayj 



ST. JOHN 243 

be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing 
in my name, I will do it. 

If ye love me, keep my commandments. And 
I will pray the Father, and he shall give you 
another Comforter, that he may abide with you for 
ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world 
cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither 
knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth 
with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave 
you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little 
while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see 
me; because I live, ye shall live also. At that day 
ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in 
me, and I in you. He that hath my command- 
ments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: 
and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, 
and I will love him, and will manifest myself to 
him. 

If a man love me, he will keep my words: and 
my Father will love him, and we will come unto 



244 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

him, and make our abode with him. He that 
loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the 
word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's 
which sent me. These things have I spoken unto 
you, being yet present with you. But the Com- 
forter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father 
will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, 
and bring all things to your remembrance, what- 
soever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with 
you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world 
giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be 
troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard 
how I said unto you, I go away, and come again 
unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, be- 
cause I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father 
is greater than I. And now I have told you before 
it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye 
might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much 
with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and 
hath nothing in me. But that the world may 
know that I love the Father; and as the Father 



ST. JOHN 245 

gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, 
let us go hence. 



I am the true vine, and my Father is the hus- 
bandman. Every branch in me that beareth not 
fruit he taketh away: and every branch that bear- 
eth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more 
fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which 
I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in 
you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, 
except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except 
ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches. 
He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same 
bringeth forth much fruit; for without me ye can 
do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast 
forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather 
them, and cast them into the fire, and they are 
burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide 
in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be 



246 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, 
that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. 
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: 
continue ye in my love. If ye keep my command- 
ments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have 
kept my Father's commandments, and abide in 
his love. These things have I spoken unto you, 
that my joy might remain in you, and that your 
joy might be full. This is my commandment, 
That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man 
lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my 
friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant 
knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called 
you friends; for all things that I have heard of my 
Father I have made known unto you. Ye have 
not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained 
you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and 
that your fruit should remain; that whatsoever ye 
shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give 



ST. JOHN 247 

it you. These things I command you, that ye love 
one another. If the world hate you, ye know that 
it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the 
world, the world would love his own; but because 
ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out 
of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 
Remember the word that I said unto you, The 
servant is not greater than his lord. If they have 
persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if 
they have kept my saying, they will keep yours 
also. But all these things will they do unto you 
for my name's sake, because they know not him 
that sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto 
them, they had not had sin; but now they have no 
cloak for their sin. He that hateth me hateth 
my Father also. If I had not done among them 
the works which none other man did, they had not 
had sin: but now have they both seen and hated 
both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass^ 
that the word might be fulfilled that is written in 
their law. They hated me without a cause. But 



248 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

when the Comforter is come, whom I will send 
unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, 
which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify 
of me: and ye also shall bear witness, because ye 
have been with me from the beginning. 

These things have I spoken unto you, that ye 
should not be offended. They shall put you out 
of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that who- 
soever killeth you will think that he doeth God 
service. And these things will they do unto you, 
because they have not known the Father, nor me. 
But these things have I told you, that when the 
time shall come, ye may remember that I told you 
of them. And these things I said not unto you at 
the beginning, because I was with you. But now 
I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you 
asketh me. Whither goest thou } But because I 
have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled 
your heart. Nevertheless I tell you the truth; it 
is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not 
away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but 



ST. JOHN 249 

if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when 
he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of 
righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because 
they believe not in me; of righteousness, because I 
go to my Father, and ye see me no more; of judg- 
ment, because the prince of this world is judged. 
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye 
cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the 
Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all 
truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but what- 
soever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he 
will shew you things to come. He shall glorify 
me; for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it 
unto you. All things that the Father hath are 
mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, 
and shall shew it unto you. A little while, and ye 
shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye 
shall see me, because I go to the Father. 

Do ye inquire among yourselves of what I said, 
A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, 



250 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

a little while, and ye shall see me ? Verily, verily, 
I say unto you. That ye shall weep and lament, 
but the world shall rejoice; and ye shall be sorrow- 
ful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A 
woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, be- 
cause her hour is come: but as soon as she is de- 
livered of the child, she remembereth no more the 
anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. 
And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see 
you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your 
joy no man taketh from you. And in that day ye 
shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto 
you. Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my 
name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked 
nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, 
that your joy may be full. These things have I 
spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, 
when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, 
but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. At 
that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not 
unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: for 



ST. JOHN 251 

the Father himself loveth you, because ye have 
loved me, and have believed that I came out from 
God. I came forth from the Father, and am 
come into the v^orld: again, I leave the world, and 
go to the Father. 



Do ye now believe ? Behold, the hour cometh, 
yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every 
man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet 
I am not alone, because the Father is with me. 
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me 
ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have 
tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome 
the world. 



Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that 
thy Son also may glorify thee: as thou hast given 
him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal 



252 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

life to as many as thou hast given him. And this 
is life eternal, that they might know thee the only 
true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished 
the work which thou gavest me to do. And now, 
O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with 
the glory which I had with thee before the world 
was. I have manifested thy name unto the men 
which thou gavest me out of the world : thine they 
were, and thou gavest them me; and they have 
kept thy word. Now they have known that all 
things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. 
For I have given unto them the words which thou 
gavest me; and they have received therriy and have 
known surely that I came out from thee, and they 
have believed that thou didst send me. I pray 
for them: I pray not for the world, but for them 
which thou hast given me; for they are thine. And 
all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am 
glorified in them. And now I am no more in the 
world, but these are in the world, and I come to 



ST. JOHN 253 

thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name 
those whom thou hast given me, that they may be 
one, as we are. While I was with them in the 
world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou 
gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, 
but the son of perdition; that the Scripture might 
be fulfilled. And now come I to thee; and these 
things I speak in the world, that they might have 
my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them 
thy word; and the world hath hated them, because 
they are not of the world, even as I am not of the 
world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them 
out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep 
them from the evil. They are not of the world, 
even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them 
through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou hast 
sent me into the world, even so have I also sent 
them into the world. And for their sakes I sanc- 
tify myself, that they also might be sanctified 
through the truth. Neither pray I for these alone, 
but for them also which shall believe on me through 



254 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

their word; that they all may be one; as thou, 
Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may 
be one in us: that the world may believe that thou 
hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest 
me I have given them; that they may be one, even 
as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they 
may be made perfect in one; and that the world 
may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved 
them, as thou hast loved me. Father, I will that 
they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me 
where I am; that they may behold my glory, which 
thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the 
foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the 
world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, 
and these have known that thou hast sent me. 
And I have declared unto them thy name, and will 
declare it; that the love wherewith thou hast loved 
me may be in them, and I in them. 



ST. JOHN 255 

Whom seek ye ? 

I am he. 

Whom seek ye ? ... I have told you that I am 
he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way. 

Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which 
my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it ? 



I spake openly to the world: I ever taught in the 
synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews 
always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. 
Why askest thou me ? Ask them which heard me, 
what I have said unto them: behold, they know 
what I said. 

If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: 
but if well, why smitest thou me ? 



256 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others 
tell it thee of me ? 



My kingdom is not of this world : if my kingdom 
were of this world, then would my servants fight, 
that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now 
is my kingdom not from hence. 

Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was 
I born, and for this cause came I into the world, 
that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every 
one that is of the truth heareth my voice. 

Thou couldest have no power at all against me, 
except it were given thee from above: therefore he 
that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. 



Woman, behold thy son! 



ST. JOHN 257 

Behold thy mother! 

I thirst. 

It is finished. 



Woman, why weepest thou ? Whom seekest 
thou ? 

Mary! 

Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my 
Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, 
I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to 
my God, and your God. 



Peace be unto 



you. 



258 THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

Peace he unto you: as my Father hath sent me, 
even so send I you. 

Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins 
ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose- 
soever sins ye retain, they are retained. 

Peace be unto you. 

Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; 
and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my 
side; and be not faithless, but believing. 

Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast 
believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and 
yet have believed. 



Children, have ye any meat? 



ST. JOHN 259 

Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and 
ye shall find. 

Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. 



Come and dine. 

Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than 
these ? 

Feed my Iambs. 

Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me ? 

Feed my sheep. 

Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me ? 

Feed my sheep. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 
When thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and 



26o THE WORDS OF THE CHRIST 

walkedst whither thou wouldest; but when thou 
shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, 
and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither 
thou wouldest not. 



Follow me. 

If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to 
thee ? Follow thou me. 



THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 

Wait for the promise of the Father, which, ye 
have heard of me. For John truly baptized with 
water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy 
Ghost not many days hence. 



It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, 
which the Father hath put in his own power. But 
ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost 
is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto 
me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in 
Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 



It is more blessed to give than to receive. 



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